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Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz

Description

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Culms 10–15 m, 10–12 cm in diam.; internodes 34–43 cm; wall ca. 3 cmthick. Branches several, dominant branches well developed. Culm sheaths deciduous, orange-brown to bright yellow, leathery; auricles small; ligule ca. 1 mm, margin deeply dentate; blade reflexed or nearly erect. Leaf sheaths white hairy; ligule 1.5–2 mm; blade variable, 23–30 × 2.5–5 cm. Pseudospikelets 5–25 per node, clusters 1.3–1.8 cm in diam. Spikelets ovate-orbicular, 7–9 × 4–5 mm; florets 2–4. Glumes 1 or 2, apex acute; lemma 5–6 mm; palea 2-keeled, keels ciliate, 3-veined between keels, acute or mucronate. Filaments short; anthers green-yellow, ca. 3 mm, apiculate. Ovary ovoid; style ca. 3 mm; stigmas 1 or 2. Caryopsis ovoid, 1.5–5 mm, distally hairy, apex beaked.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 22: 40, 43 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat & Distribution

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Cultivated around villages. Yunnan [native to Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam; cultivated in India].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 22: 40, 43 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Synonym

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Bambusa brandisii Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 109. 1868; Sinocalamus brandisii (Munro) P. C. Keng.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 22: 40, 43 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras