Phyllostachys bissetii

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 675 cm long; 25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; 33 cm long; mid-green; smooth; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; green; concolorous; glabrous; truncate at apex; without auricles, or auriculate; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; spreading. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; obtuse. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous; rough abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. McClure 2002.

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