Pleioblastus hsienchuensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 500 cm long; 30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 30 cm long. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths persistent; hispid; glabrous on margins; auriculate; with acute auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 10–15 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath blade linear; erect. Leaves 4–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 4 cm long; reticulately veined. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect; 13 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles erect. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 1 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade apex acute.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Wen 2014.

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