Phyllostachys yunhoensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 500–600 cm long; 30–40 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; hollow; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths green and brown; distinctly mottled with last colour; glabrous; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 5 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule purple; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade linear; reflexed. Leaves cauline; 2–3 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. 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. Chen & Yao 2002.

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