Chimonocalamus cibarius

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; erect at the tip; 600–800 cm long; 20–40(–50) mm diam.; woody; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; (10–)20–30(–33) cm long; light green. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement many; in a horizontal line; with 3 branches dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; coriaceous; green and brown; distinctly mottled with last colour; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 2–2.5 mm high; entire. Culm-sheath blade linear, or triangular; reflexed; 1–11.5 cm long; 4–6 mm wide. Leaves 3–4(–5) per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3–3.5 cm long. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect; 5–6.5 mm long; pale. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.15 cm long. Leaf-blades linear; (6.5–)8–11 cm long; 5–8 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Hsueh & Yi 2009.

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