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W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson

© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Semiarundinaria kagamiana

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 800–1000 cm long; 30–40 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; mid-green, or purple. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three, or several; in a horizontal line. Culm-sheaths coriaceous; glabrous, or pilose; with dark brown hairs; truncate at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; acuminate. Leaves cauline; 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or puberulous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 1–2 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or elliptic; 15–25 cm long; 25–35 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; densely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Synflorescence bractiferous; fasciculate; with spathaceous subtending bracts; bracts 25–40 mm long; without axillary buds at base of spikelet; with ultimate bract subtending a compact bracteolate fascicle of spikelets; prophyllate below lateral spikelets.

Fertile spikelets sessile.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 4–5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 50–60 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 8 mm long; sparsely hairy.

GLUMES Glumes one the lower absent or obscure; persistent; shorter than spikelet. Upper glume lanceolate; 20–22 mm long; chartaceous; without keels. Upper glume apex acute.

FLORETS Fertile lemma oblong; 13–25 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 11–13 -veined. Lemma lateral veins with cross-veins. Lemma surface scabrous. Lemma apex acuminate. Palea 12–16 mm long; coriaceous; 11–13 -veined. Palea keels ciliolate. Palea surface pubescent; hairy on back. Palea apex with excurrent keel veins. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.

FLOWER Lodicules 3; lanceolate; 6 mm long; veined; ciliate. Anthers 3; 9 mm long. Stigmas 3.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: eastern Asia.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Index Jap. Bam. 2001.

Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.