Phyllostachys stimulosa

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 800 cm long; 34 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; smooth, or scaberulous; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths green and purple; striped; hispid; auriculate; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect. Leaves cauline; 2 per branch. 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. Zhao & Liu 2002.

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