Gelidocalamus solidus

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 200 cm long; 10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 33–42 cm long; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches suffrutescent. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths persistent; hispid; with dark brown hairs; hairy on margins; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 3–5 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; erect; 2.5 cm long. Leaves cauline; 1–2(–3) per branch. Leaf-sheaths longer than adjacent culm internode; pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.5–1 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 12–23 cm long; 25–45 mm wide; mid-green and glaucous; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 12–14 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Chu & Chao 2002.

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