Pseudosasa wuyiensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 250–350 cm long; 8 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 30–40 cm long; mid-green; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three. Culm-sheaths coriaceous; glabrous; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 3–4 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; acute. Leaves cauline; 3–4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 3 mm long. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.3 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 11–17 cm long; 7–16 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Chen & Sheng 2002.

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