Sinobambusa seminuda

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 500 cm long; 20–30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 30 cm long; distally hispid. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths pilose; glabrous on margins; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 10–15 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate. Leaves cauline; 4–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 4 cm long; reticulately veined; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 13 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Wen 2002.

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