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Bambusa affinis

(Bambusa affinis)

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Description

caespitose.Rhizomes short;pachymorph.Culms erect;500–600 cm long;25–35 mm diam.;woody;without nodal roots.Culm-internodes terete;30–60 cm long;light green,or light green and white;concolorous,or striped;striate;distally pubescent.Culm-nodes pubescent.Lateral branches dendroid.Culm-sheaths 10–15 cm long;1 times as long as wide;yellow;glabrous,or pubescent;hairy throughout;with tawny hairs;convex at apex;without auricles.Culm-sheath blade lanceolate;reflexed;2.5–5 cm long;7–12 mm wide;pubescent.Leaves cauline.Leaf-sheaths striately veined;pubescent;hairs tawny.Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking.Leaf-sheath auricles absent.Ligule an eciliate membrane.Collar with external ligule.Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath;petiole 0.5 cm long.Leaf-blades lanceolate;15–25 cm long;25–35 mm wide;glandular.Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous.Leaf-blade venation with 12–16 secondary veins.Leaf-blade surface scabrous;rough abaxially;glabrous.Leaf-blade margins scabrous.Leaf-blade apex acuminate;antrorsely scabrous.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Genus:Bambusa
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