Pseudosasa zhongyanensis

HABIT Perennial; pluricaespitose. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms inclined at the tip; 600–700 cm long; 20–25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 24–48 cm long; dark green. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Buds or branches absent from lower quarter of culm. Branch complement three. Culm-sheaths deciduous; yellow; hispid; with appressed hairs; with dark brown hairs; truncate at apex; without auricles, or auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs; shoulders with 10–15 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1–1.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; cordate; spreading, or reflexed; pubescent. Leaves 4–8 per branch. Leaf-sheaths puberulous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 10 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent, or erect. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 3 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 25–38 cm long; 40–55 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 16–20 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Chen et al 2014.

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