Fargesia daminiu

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 160–200 cm long; 5–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 5–20 cm long; distally mealy. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid; erect, or ascending. Bud complement 1. Branch complement three, or several. Culm-sheaths persistent, or tardily deciduous; coriaceous; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or triangular; erect, or reflexed; 0.5–1.5 cm long; 1.5–3 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 2–4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; purple; truncate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or ovate; 3–7.5 cm long; 4–10 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 4–6 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. Yi & Shi 2008.

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