Melocalamus ningmingensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 200–300 cm long; 5–8 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 5–8 cm long. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; with 1 branch dominant; as thick as stem. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; coriaceous; green and brown; distinctly mottled with last colour; hispid; with white hairs; glabrous on margins; concave at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5–2 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate. Leaves cauline; 3 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; obtuse. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 4.7–14 cm long; 8–20 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 10 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; sparsely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Lin 2011.

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