Phyllostachys bambusoides* Sieb. &
Zucc. Abh. Akad. Muench. 3, 2 745. t. 5. f. 3 (1843).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe Bambuseae.
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: T: P.F. von Siebold s.n., Japan (US-2876340
(fragm. ex L)). T: Japan (L).
Key references
(books and floras): [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of
Australia, [2009] A.Wilson (ed.). Flora of Australia, Vol 44A. Poaceae
2 (358).
Habit.
Perennial. Rhizomes present, elongated. Basal leaf sheaths absent. Culms erect,
300–400 cm tall, 12–20 mm diam., woody. Mid-culm internodes hollow,
thin-walled, glabrous. Mid-culm nodes glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid.
Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath auricles present.
Ligule an eciliate membrane, obtuse. Leaf-blades lanceolate or oblong, flat,
7.5–10 cm long, 12–20 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface indumented.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence unknown.
Spikelets.
Spikelets sessile. Fertile spikelets many flowered, with at least 2 fertile
florets (2–4), comprising 1–4 fertile floret(s), with a barren rachilla
extension, lanceolate, laterally compressed, 25–30 mm long.
Glumes. Upper
glume oblong, 7–8 mm long, chartaceous, keeled, 1-keeled.
Florets.
Fertile lemma 20 mm long, without keel, 11–13 -nerved. Palea apex with
excurrent keel nerves. Lodicules present. Anthers 3.
Continental
Distribution: Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and
Australasia.
Australian
Distribution: Queensland.
Queensland:
Moreton, North Kennedy.
Notes. Known
from a few collections from Qld, possibly not naturalised. Native of China and
Japan.
