Pleioblastus guilongshanensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 200–500 cm long; 10–20 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots, or with aerial roots from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 15–30 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; coriaceous; yellow, or purple; pilose; with appressed hairs; glabrous on margins, or hairy on margins; auriculate; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 2–3 mm high; purple; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; narrower than sheath; erect; acuminate. Leaves cauline; 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths hispid; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; spreading. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 8–22 cm long; 10–257 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 10–14 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pilose; moderately hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Lin 2011.

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