Fargesia porphyrea

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–500 cm long; 10–25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 20–35 cm long; striate; distally hispid. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; 7–30 cm long; 1.5–3 times as long as wide; coriaceous; red; hispid; with appressed hairs; with dark brown hairs; glabrous on margins, or hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1–1.5 mm high; fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; narrower than sheath; deciduous; reflexed; 1.5–11 cm long; 2–3 mm wide; pubescent. Leaves 3–10 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3.5–7.5 cm long; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; 1.5–2 mm long; pale. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2–0.3 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 6–19 cm long; 7–17 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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