Chimonobambusa pachystachys Hsueh F. & T.P.Yi

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Chimonobambusa

Characteristics

Culms 3–7 m tall, 1–3 cm in diam.; internodes terete or basal ones slightly 4-angled, 15–22 cm, densely gradually deciduous brownish tomentose; nodes below mid-culm with rings of root thorns. Culm sheaths gradually deciduous, papery; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm; blade subulate, 3–4 mm, articulate. Leaves 1–3 per ultimate branch; sheaths glabrous; oral setae several, deciduous; ligule truncate; blade 6–18 × 1.1–2.1 cm, papery, secondary veins 4–6-paired. Inflorescence lateral to shoots with apical leaves, subtended by 3 or 4, gradually enlarged bracts. Pseudospikelets 1(–3); florets 4–6. Glumes 1 or 2; lemma papery, glabrous or shortly villous, apex acuminate; palea slightly shorter than lemma, thinly papery, glabrous, apex blunt. Anthers purple. Ovary obovoid; style minute, divided close to base; stigmas 2. Caryopsis obovate-elliptic, pericarp thick.
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A bamboo. It grows 3-7 m tall. The stems are 1-3 cm across. The internodes are 15-22 cm long. They have brown hairs when young. There are root thorns in a ring on the lower stems.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. In grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests between 1,000-2,000 m above sea level in southern China. In Sichuan.
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Evergreen broad-leaved forests; at elevations from 1,000-2,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Usage

Uses animal food food
Edible seeds shoots stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
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Distribution

Chimonobambusa pachystachys world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:957790-1
WFO ID wfo-0000859275
COL ID 69S3S
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Synonyms

Chimonobambusa pachystachys