Phyllostachys parvifolia

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 800 cm long; 50 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; striate; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths brown; concolorous; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule purple; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; wrinkled. Leaves cauline; 2(–3) per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3.5–6.2 cm long. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Chu & Chou 2002.

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