Phyllostachys propinqua

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 700 cm long; 30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; 25 cm long; smooth; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; coriaceous; brown and purple; distinctly mottled with last colour; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade linear; reflexed; wrinkled; glabrous on surface. Leaves cauline; 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty, or lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent, or falcate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; pubescent on abaxial surface; obtuse. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 13.5 cm long; 16 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface hirsute; sparsely hairy; hairy 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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