Schizostachyum wanshishanense

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; pendulous at the tip; 1000 cm long; 60 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 50 cm long; mid-green; scaberulous; distally glabrous, or pilose. Culm-nodes flush with internodes; pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; coriaceous; glaucous; hispid; with white hairs; glabrous on margins; concave at apex, or truncate at apex; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 5 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1–1.5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; erect, or reflexed; pubescent. Leaves 5 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 5–6 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 1 mm long. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or elliptic; 18–25 cm long; 40–45 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 23 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Chen, Huang & Guo 2012.

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