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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult. & Schult.f. (1830)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Arundo multiplex Lour.
- = Ludolfia glaucescens Willd. (1808)
- ≡ Bambusa glaucescens (Willd.) Merr. (1868)
Description
Dense clump-forming; habit spreading. Culms very numerous, 3–5 m × 1–2 cm diam. (except in small cultivated forms), many uniformly deep green but always some with prominent yellow stripes or bands. Culm-sheath with caducous black hairs; ligule short, inconspicuous; auricles 0; sheath-blade triangular. Branches several at each node, often branched secondarily, forming a tuft, the central branch largest. Leaf-sheath with long white apical bristles. Ligule abbreviated. Auricles present. Leaf-blade 6–15 × 0.6–1.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous, abaxially finely puberulent. Inflorescence culms short, arising from periphery of clump, very slender. Spikelets sessile, several-flowered, in small distant clusters; bracts ensheathing clusters 1.3–1.8 cm. Lemma = palea. Lodicules membranous.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
Bibliography
2006: Poaceae. In: Wu, C.Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y. (ed.) Flora of China. 22. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Sykes, W.R. 2000: Subfamily Bamusoideae. In: Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. 19–39.
