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W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson

© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Bashania qingchengshanensis

HABIT Perennial. Culms 200–400 cm long; 3–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 40–45 cm long; dark green; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths green, or purple; hispid; hairy on margins; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 3–4 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5–1 mm high; purple. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate, or triangular. Leaves 1–3 per branch. Leaf-sheaths puberulous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles erect. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.3–0.4 cm long; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 22–32 cm long; 24–34 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 12–16 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; glabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.

Panicle open; 6–10 cm long.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels 2–12 mm long; ciliate.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 5–14 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear; laterally compressed; 5–15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes clavate; 3–5 mm long; pubescent.

GLUMES Glumes two; persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; chartaceous; without keels. Lower glume surface pilose. Lower glume apex acuminate; mucronate. Upper glume ovate; chartaceous; without keels. Upper glume surface pilose. Upper glume apex acuminate; mucronate.

FLORETS Fertile lemma ovate; 7–8 mm long; chartaceous; without keel. Lemma surface pilose; inner surface pilose. Lemma margins ciliolate. Lemma apex acuminate; mucronate. Palea 8–9 -veined. Palea surface pilose; hairy on margins. Palea apex dentate; 2 -fid. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.

FLOWER Lodicules 3; ovate; ciliate. Anthers 3; purple. Stigmas 2.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; ellipsoid; 7–8 mm long; apex unappendaged.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Fl China 2006.

Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.