Pleioblastus altiligulatus S.L.Chen & S.Y.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pleioblastus

Characteristics

Culms 2–5 m, to 1.5 cm in diam.; internodes green, cylindrical, ca. 24 cm, basally slightly concave above branches, smooth, densely glaucous, glabrous, nearly solid, pith lamellate; supra-nodal ridge more elevated than sheath scar. Culm sheaths green, glabrous, margins ciliate; auricles absent; ligules prominent, ca. 3 mm, glaucous; blade pendulous, purple-red at margins and apex, lanceolate, revolute. Leaves 2–4 per ultimate branch; auricles absent; ligule ca. 3.5 mm; blade elliptic-lanceolate, 12–17 × 1.4–2.5 cm, shortly hairy, abaxially pilose proximally and along midrib, secondary veins 5–7-paired, base broadly cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots late Apr.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 4.25
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Environment

Slopes and summits; at elevations from 700-800 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Pleioblastus altiligulatus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:902787-1
WFO ID wfo-0000890954
COL ID 4K67G
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Synonyms

Pleioblastus altiligulatus Arundinaria altiligulata