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Bambusa basihirsuta (Bambusa basihirsuta)

Description

Culms 7–12 m,4–9 cm in diam.;internodes 22–35 cm,initially thickly white powdery,sparsely hispid;nodes flat.Branches many from mid-culm up,3 dominant.Culm sheaths deciduous,leathery,initially brown spinous-hairy,glabrescent;auricles unequal,ciliate,larger one ca.5 mm,smaller ca.3 mm;ligule ca.2 mm,ciliate;blade erect,triangular,glabrous,base ca.1/2 as wide as sheath apex.Leaf sheaths initially hispid;ligule truncate,ca.1 mm;auricles suborbicular;oral setae few;blade oblong-lanceolate,13–25 × 2.5–5 cm.Pseudospikelets ca.2.4 × 0.7 cm,subtended by a prophyll;florets 5–7;rachilla not disarticulating,internodes ca.2 mm.Glumes 1 or 2;lemma ca.1.6 × 1 cm;palea ca.1.4 cm.Lodicules 3,ciliate.Anthers ca.7 mm.Ovary ovoid,ca.2 mm;styles ca.5 mm;stigmas 3,4–6 mm.Caryopsis unknown.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Bambusa