Dendrocalamus peculiaris Hsueh & D.Z.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Dendrocalamus

Characteristics

Culms 13–18 m, 10–15 cm in diam.; internodes 36–43 cm; wall 3–3.5 cm thick. Culm sheaths deciduous, orange-brown, leathery; auricles absent; ligule 6–10 mm, serrulate; blade reflexed. Leaf sheaths initially slightly hairy, becoming glabrous, margins ciliate; ligule ca. 1 mm; blade 25–40 × 3–5.5 (–10) cm. Pseudospikelets 2–15 per node. Spikelets 1–1.2 cm; florets 4 or 5. Glumes 2; lemma 7–11 mm, margins undulate, apex mucronate; palea 6–8 mm, 2-keeled, 2-veined between keels, apex acute. Anthers yellow, 3–3.5 mm, apex mucronate. Pistil ca. 1 cm; stigma 1. Fruit unknown.
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A bamboo. The stems are 13-18 m long and 10-15 cm wide. The internodes are 36-43 cm long. The leaves are 25-40 cm long by 3 cm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
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Distribution

Dendrocalamus peculiaris world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2935062-1
WFO ID wfo-0000862372
COL ID 34P42
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Synonyms

Sinocalamus peculiaris Dendrocalamus peculiaris