Sinobambusa rubroligula

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 190 cm long; 8 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid; spreading. Branch complement three; in a horizontal line. Culm-sheaths deciduous; hispid; hairy at the base; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule reddish; entire. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; reflexed; scabrid. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; pubescent on abaxial surface; obtuse. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 9–22 cm long; 8–26 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. McClure 2002.

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