Indocalamus longiauritus Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Indocalamus

Characteristics

Culms 0.8–1 m, 0.35–0.8 cm in diam.; internodes dull green, (8–)10–55 cm, white pubescent, with a pale red-brown tomentose ring below nodes; wall 1.5–2 mm thick; nodes prominent. Culm sheaths purple-green, leathery, dark brown strigose and white tomentose, base with raised corky ring; auricles well developed, purple-green, becoming brown when dry; oral setae radiate, brown, ca. 1 cm; ligule truncate, 0.5–1 mm, ciliate or not; blade purple-green, narrowly triangular to ovate-lanceolate, base abruptly rounded, apex acuminate. Leaf sheath rigid, glabrous or abaxially initially finely strigose, outer margin ciliate; auricles usually developed; oral setae radiate, brown; ligule truncate, 1–1.5 mm, puberulent, fimbriate, margin setose; blade 10–35 × 1.5–6.5 cm, abaxially glabrous or puberulent, secondary veins 5–12 pairs, veins forming rectangular tessellations, base cuneate, apex long acuminate. Panicles 8–15 cm, rather narrow, axis densely white tomentose. Spikelets greenish or straw-colored at maturity, 1.5–3.7 cm; florets 4–6. Rachilla internodes compressed-clavate, 6.8–7.2 mm, angular, densely white tomentose, apex truncate. Glumes 2, acuminate with an awnlike point; first glume 3–5 mm, 3–5-veined, second glume 6–8 mm, 7–9-veined; lemma oblong-lanceolate, apex awnlike, first lemma 1–1.4 cm, 11–13-veined; palea of 1st floret 0.7–1 cm, keels ciliate. Anthers ca. 5 mm. Stigmas 2. Caryopsis oblong. New shoots Apr–May, fl. May–Jul. 2n = 48*.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Distribution

Indocalamus longiauritus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:405862-1
WFO ID wfo-0000875720
COL ID 3PMZ8
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Synonyms

Arundinaria longiaurita Indocalamus longiauritus Indocalamus semifalcatus Indocalamus vulgatus Pseudosasa guanxianensis Pseudosasa vittata Arundinaria vulgata Bashania auctiaurita Indocalamus dayongensis Indocalamus semifalcatus f. luteolivittatus Pseudosasa vulgata Indocalamus longiauritus var. hengshanensis Indocalamus longiauritus var. semifalcatus Indocalamus longiauritus var. yiyangensis Indocalamus longiauritus var. longiauritus