Phyllostachys angusta

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 350 cm long; 13 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; 19 cm long; smooth; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; yellow and brown; obscurely mottled with last colour; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule ciliate. Culm-sheath blade linear; erect. Leaves cauline; 3–4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths hispid. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; scaberulous on abaxial surface; obtuse. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 13 cm long; 18 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. McClure 2002.

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