Phyllostachys glabrata

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 700 cm long; 40 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; scaberulous; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths red and purple; obscurely mottled with last colour; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule brown; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade linear; reflexed; wrinkled. Leaves cauline; 2 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 2 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Chen & Yao 2002.

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