Phyllostachys prominens

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 1000 cm long; 70 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths red and brown; distinctly mottled with last colour; pilose; auriculate; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule purple; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade linear; reflexed; wrinkled. Leaves cauline; 3–4 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. 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. Xiong 2002.

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