Neomicrocalamus dongvanensis

HABIT Perennial; pluricaespitose. Rhizomes elongated; pachymorph. Culms erect; straight, or zigzag; 100–200 cm long; 6–8 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; 10–25 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement one, or several. Culm-sheaths glabrous. Culm-sheath blade inconspicuous, or linear. Leaves cauline; 4–9 per branch. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; obtuse. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 6–9 cm long; 8–13 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate; filiform.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Indo-China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Nguyen 2002.

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