Fargesia fansipanensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; drooping at the tip; 100 cm long; 7–10 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; 14–16 cm long; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid; erect. Branch complement several; with subequal branches. Culm-sheaths 1 length of internode; coriaceous; glabrous; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; entire. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; demarcated but persistent; erect. Leaves 9–15 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 7–10 cm long; 6–8 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate; filiform.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Indo-China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Nguyen 2002.

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