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Phyllostachys bissetii

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Phyllostachys bissetii

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species of plant

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toChina South-Central, China Southeast
Observations recorded89

Culms 5–6 m, ca. 2 cm in diam.; internodes initially purple-green, becoming green or gray-green, to 25 cm, white powdery, glabrous or basal internodes slightly scabrous with minute, erect hairs on distal parts; wall ca. 4 mm thick; nodal ridge slightly more prominent than sheath scar. Culm sheaths deep to pale green, weakly tinged with purple, unmarked or more usually with distal milky-white stripes and extremely minute brown spots, white powdery, those from basal nodes sometimes pubescent; auricles usually present, green or purple-green, small or large and falcate; oral setae sometimes absent; ligule purple, arcuate or truncate, 1–2 mm, ciliate; blade erect, deep green or tinged with purple, narrowly triangular to triangular-lanceolate, flat or wavy. Leaves usually 2 per ultimate branch; auricles and oral setae usually present initially, deciduous; ligule moderately exserted; blade 7–11 × 1.2–1.6 cm. Inflorescence not known. New shoots Apr.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
25
With media
25
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US, DBG, NY, EIU, UTC, AVCH
Recorded in
United States, China, Netherlands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Phyllostachys
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taxon name
Phyllostachys bissetii
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Phyllostachys bissetii
Commons category
Phyllostachys bissetii
taxon common name
蓉城竹
short name
P. bissetii
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