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Fargesia hsuehiana

(Fargesia hsuehiana)

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Description

Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 300–700 cm long; 10–30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 18–25 cm long; ridged; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several; in a horizontal line; with subequal branches; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; 15–27 cm long; 4–5 times as long as wide; coriaceous; hispid; with dark brown hairs; without auricles; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.7 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; deciduous; reflexed; 2–4 cm long; 1–2 mm wide. Leaves 4–8 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.8–4.2 cm long. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 3–10 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.15–0.2 cm long;petiole glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 6–14 cm long; 7–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pubescent; hairy adaxially. Leaf-blade margins serrulate.

Taxonomic tree:

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