Pseudosasa cantorii

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement one, or two, or three. Culm-sheaths persistent, or tardily deciduous. Leaves cauline. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence composed of racemes.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 4 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear; laterally compressed; 10–50 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 5–6 mm long.

GLUMES Glumes two; persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet.

FLORETS Fertile lemma ovate; 8 mm long; chartaceous; without keel. Lemma apex acute. Palea 1 length of lemma. Palea keels ciliolate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.

FLOWER Lodicules 3. Anthers 3. Stigmas 3.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. McClure 2002.

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