Gelidocalamus albopubescens

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 200–300 cm long; 80–150 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 9–28 cm long; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes pubescent. Lateral branches suffrutescent. Branch complement many (13–19). Culm-sheaths deciduous; pubescent; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; spreading, or reflexed. Leaves cauline; 1 per branch. Leaf-sheaths longer than adjacent culm internode. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 10–20 cm long; 15–30 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 14 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Lin 2002.

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