Poaceae
Drepanostachyum

Drepanostachyum kurzii (Gamble) Pandey ex D.N.Tewari

First published in Monogr. Bamboo: 90 (1993)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Myanmar. It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Morphology General Habit
Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 12 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled; 18 cm long; yellow; striate; smooth. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; in a clump. Leaves 2-6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 8 cm long; 5 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade midrib prominent beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 6 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pilose; sparsely hairy; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins smooth. Leaf-blade apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowering specimens unknown.
Distribution
Asia-tropical: Indo-China.
Reference
Bambuseae. Seeth & Kumar 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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