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Bambusa odashimae (Bambusa odashimae)

Description

Culms to 20 m,7.5–13 cm in diam.;internodes 20–35 cm;wall 1–1.8 cm thick;nodes flat.Branches many from basal nodes,main ones slightly dominant at mid-culm.Culm sheaths deciduous,leathery,hispid,base of outer margin usually with an arrowlike expansion below point of attachment;auricles small;oral setae few;ligule ca.1 mm,entire or ciliate;blade erect,base ca.1/2 as wide as sheath apex,adaxially hispid.Leaf sheaths glabrous;auricles minute;oral setae few,7–10 mm;ligule truncate,ca.1 mm;blade oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate,20–34 × 3–5 cm.Pseudospikelets slender,3–3.7 × ca.0.5 cm;florets 8–13,with 2 or 3 terminal florets sterile;rachilla not disarticulating,internodes 2–3 mm.Glume 1,0.8–1 cm;lemma 0.8–1.3 cm;palea 0.6–1 cm;lodicules 2 or 3,1.5–2 mm.Anthers 4–4.5 mm.Ovary oblong,1.5–2 mm;styles ca.2 mm;stigmas 3.Caryopsis unknown.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Bambusa