Poaceae
Pseudosasa

Pseudosasa subsolida S.L.Chen & G.Y.Sheng

First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21: 405 (1983)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi). It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Morphology General Habit
Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 250 cm long; 5-12 mm diam.; woody; 14-16 -noded. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 18-20 cm long; mid-green. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement one, or two, or three. Culm-sheaths chartaceous; glabrous; hairy on margins; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect, or reflexed. Leaves cauline; 6-7 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 4-8 cm long; pubescent; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 15-23 cm long; 12-23 mm wide; dark green and light green; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 10-12 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; densely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowering specimens unknown.
Distribution
Asia-temperate: China.
Reference
Bambuseae. Chen & Sheng 2002.
[GB]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0