Dendrocalamus tibeticus Hsueh & T.P.Yi

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Dendrocalamus

Characteristics

Culms 12–25 m, 12–18 cm in diam.; internodes (30–)40–45(–60) cm; wall thick, 6–12 mm. Branching usually from ca. 9th node up, usually with central branch slightly dominant. Culm sheaths initially orange-brown, leathery, abaxially usually with dark brown setae, adaxially glabrous; auricles absent; ligule 2–4 mm; blade erect or slightly reflexed. Leaf sheaths 6–11 mm, glabrous; ligule truncate, 1–1.5 mm; blade broadly lanceolate, 10–32 × 2.2–4.5 cm. Pseudospikelets 2–10 per cluster, 1–1.2 cm, with 3 or 4 florets, basal one sterile; fertile florets 2–3. Glumes 1, ca. 7 × 5 mm, margins ciliate, mucronate; lemma 6–18 mm, margins ciliate, apex obtuse or acute; palea 5–7 mm. Anthers yellow, 5–6 mm. Ovary ovoid; style 5–8 mm; stigmas 1, 2–3 mm. Fruit unknown.
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A bamboo. It grows 15-25 m high. The culms are 12-18 cm across. The nodes are 40-45 cm long and green. The leaf sheaths are 6-11 cm long and the leaf blade is 10-32 cm long by 2-5 cm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in SE Tibet in China. It grows in broad leafed forests between 1,200-1,500 m altitude. In Yunnan.
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The young shoots are eaten.
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Distribution

Dendrocalamus tibeticus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:901913-1
WFO ID wfo-0000862395
COL ID 34P4P
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Synonyms

Dendrocalamus tibeticus Sellulocalamus tibeticus