Fargesia praecipua

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 400–800 cm long; 20–50 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 22–30 cm long; striate; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; 27–54 cm long; 4–5 times as long as wide; coriaceous; yellow; glabrous, or hispid; with tawny hairs; glabrous on margins, or hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; entire. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; deciduous; reflexed; 4–15 cm long; 4–5 mm wide. Leaves 4–10 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3.5–5.5 cm long; outer margin glabrous, or hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty; deciduous; 1–2 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.25 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 8.5–16.5 cm long; 8–13 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–10 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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