Chimonobambusa puberula (Keng f.) T.H.Wen & Ohrnb.

First published in D.Ohrnberger, Bamboos World Gen. Chimonobambusa: 32 (1990)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Guizhou). It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Morphology General Habit
Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 400-500 cm long; 15-25 mm diam.; woody; 25-32 -noded. Culm-internodes terete, or quadrangular; thin-walled; 8-20 cm long; dark green, or purple; scaberulous; distally pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 3. Branch complement three, or several; in a horizontal line. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; 10-13 cm long; 2 times as long as wide; coriaceous; brown; hispid; with dark brown hairs; hairy on margins; truncate at apex, or convex at apex; without auricles; ciliate on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs; shoulders with 1-4 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; brown; entire. Culm-sheath blade triangular; narrower than sheath; erect; 0.2-1.3 cm long; 1-2 mm wide. Leaves cauline; 2-4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3-4 cm long; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect, or curly; 3-5 mm long; dark. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; chartaceous; mid-green and grey-green; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 6-12 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowering specimens unknown.
Distribution
Asia-temperate: China.
Reference
Bambuseae. Hsueh & Yi 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 2025. 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