Poaceae
Pseudosasa

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

First published in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(4): 46 (1991)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Zhejiang). It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

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]

Morphology General Habit
Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 400 cm long; 10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled; 13-15 cm long; mid-green. Lateral branches dendroid; ascending. Branch complement one, or two, or three. Culm-sheaths chartaceous; pilose; with white hairs; hairy on margins; truncate at apex; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 5-10 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; erect; acuminate. Leaves cauline; (2-)4-5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths hispid; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; scaberulous on abaxial surface. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or elliptic; 8-30 cm long; 20-30 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 14-20 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; densely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowering specimens unknown.
Distribution
Asia-temperate: China.
Reference
Bambuseae. Chen & Sheng 2002.
[GB]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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