Fargesia tenuilignea T.P.Yi

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Fargesia

Characteristics

Rhizome neck 5.5–10.5 cm, 1.5–3 cm in diam. Culms 4–8(–10) m, 1–3 cm in diam.; internodes terete, 20–25(–40) cm or longer, initially often slightly white powdery, glabrous; wall 2–3 mm thick; supra-nodal ridge level or weakly prominent; sheath scar prominent, narrow, initially brown setose. Branches 8–11 per node. Culm sheaths persistent, narrowly triangularly rounded, equal to or longer than internodes, leathery, densely yellow to yellow-brown setose, longitudinal ribs prominent, margins apically ciliate; auricles absent; oral setae few, erect or slightly curved, yellow-brown, 2–8 mm; ligule truncate, 2–5 mm, margins sometimes ciliate; blade readily deciduous, reflexed, linear-lanceolate, adaxially slightly pilose proximally. Leaves 2–5 per ultimate branch; sheath initially white powdery apically, margins initially ciliate; auricles absent; oral setae few, erect, gray-yellow, 3–11 mm, undulate; ligule light green, truncate, ca. 1 mm, glabrous; blade lanceolate, 13–18(–20) × 1.3–2.3(–2.5) cm, usually rugose when dry, glabrous, secondary veins 4-or 5(or 6)-paired, transverse veins distinct, base cuneate, one margin spinescent-serrulate, other margin obscure, apex acuminate. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Aug.
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A bamboo. It grows 4-8 m tall. The culms are 1-3 cm across. The internodes are 20-25 cm long. There are 8-11 branches at each node. There are 2-5 leaves at the last branch. The leaf blade is 13-18 cm long by 13-23 mm wide.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 7.0
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in Yunnan in China between 2,400-3,100 m altitude.
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At elevations from 2,400-3,100 metres
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Uses fiber
Edible shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Fargesia tenuilignea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:934772-1
WFO ID wfo-0000869561
COL ID 3DV63
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Synonyms

Fargesia aurita Fargesia tenuilignea