- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Bambusa Schreb.
Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung

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- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms woody. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled. Lateral branches dendroid. Leaves cauline. Ligule an eciliate membrane, or a ciliolate membrane.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Synflorescence bractiferous; clustered at the nodes; in untidy tufts; 1.2-1.5 cm long; 2-3 cm between clusters; with glumaceous subtending bracts; with axillary buds at base of spikelet; prophyllate below lateral spikelets; leafless between branches; 50 cm long overall.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 4 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 10 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 4 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 10 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes several; 4 empty glumes; persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 2 mm long; chartaceous. Lower glume margins ciliolate. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 4 mm long; chartaceous. Upper glume margins ciliolate. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma ovate; 5 mm long; without keel. Lemma margins ciliolate. Lemma apex mucronate. Palea oblong; 3.5 mm long. Palea keels ciliolate; adorned above.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 3; 1 mm long; veined; ciliate. Anthers 3. Stigmas 3. Ovary pubescent on apex.
- Distribution
- Asia-temperate: China.
- Reference
- Bambuseae. Rendle 2002.
Native to:
China South-Central, China Southeast
- Bambusa emeiensis f. chrysotricha (Hsueh & T.P.Yi) Ohrnb.
- Bambusa emeiensis f. flavidovirens (T.P.Yi) Ohrnb.
- Bambusa emeiensis f. viridiflava (T.P.Yi) Ohrnb.
- Dendrocalamus affinis Rendle
- Lingnania affinis (Rendle) Keng f.
- Lingnania distegia f. flavidostriata X.Jiang & Q.Li
- Neosinocalamus affinis (Rendle) Keng f.
- Neosinocalamus affinis f. chrysotrichus (Hsueh & T.P.Yi) T.P.Yi
- Neosinocalamus affinis f. viridiflavus (T.P.Yi) T.P.Yi
- Sinocalamus affinis (Rendle) McClure
- Sinocalamus affinis f. chrysotrichus Hsueh & T.P.Yi
- Sinocalamus affinis f. viridiflavus (T.P.Yi) Hsueh & T.P.Yi
Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 29, 1992 | Faber, E. [1118], China | K000854763 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 214 (1980)
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.
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
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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