Pleioblastus gozadakensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms 400 cm long; 12 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 15–22.4 cm long; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many. Culm-sheaths persistent; 0.5 length of internode; glabrous. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; pale. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.3–0.4 cm long. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 12–17 cm long; 11–15 mm wide; coriaceous; mid-green and glaucous; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins smooth. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: eastern Asia.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Nakai 2014.

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