Himalayacalamus brevinodus

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms drooping at the tip; 500–900 cm long; 10–25 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 10–19 cm long; yellow; smooth; distally pruinose. Culm-nodes flush with internodes, or swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 3. Branch complement many. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 25 cm long; 2 times as long as wide; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 2 mm high; dentate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; demarcated but persistent; erect; 8 cm long; 4 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 5–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; pubescent on abaxial surface; truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10–20 cm long; 15–25 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation without cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Stapleton 2002.

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