Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Bambusa Schreb.

Bambusa glabrovagina G.A.Fu

This species is accepted, and its native range is Hainan.

[GB]
Morphology General Habit
Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300-700 cm long; 15-40 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots, or with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; glabrous; truncate at apex; auriculate; with unequal auricles; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; dentate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; constricted at base; erect. Leaves cauline. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3.8-13.2 cm long; 7-15 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 10-12 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; densely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Synflorescence bractiferous; clustered at the nodes; in untidy tufts; with glumaceous subtending bracts; with axillary buds at base of spikelet; prophyllate below lateral spikelets.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 4-7 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 16-29 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite; 1.5 mm long.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 4-7 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 16-29 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite; 1.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes one the lower absent or obscure; persistent; shorter than spikelet.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Fertile lemma ovate; 7.5 mm long; without keel. Lemma surface glabrous. Lemma apex acute. Palea 1 length of lemma. Palea keels ciliolate; adorned above. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Lodicules 3; membranous. Anthers 6; 4-4.5 mm long. Stigmas 3. Ovary pubescent on apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
Distribution
Asia-temperate: China.
Reference
Bambuseae. Fu 2002.

Native to:

Hainan

Bambusa glabrovagina G.A.Fu appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20: 489 (1982)

Accepted by

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0