A new species of the genus Drepanostachyum Keng f. of Bambusoideae from China,D. stoloniforme S. H. Chen Z. Z. Wang,which was found to grow in Xiamen Botanical Garden,Fujian Province,is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to D. microphyllum (Hsueh Yi) Keng f. ex Yi,but differs by having distinctly thin liana,culm diameter 3–6 mm,culm wall 1 mm; 25–55 nodes in whole culm,internode of the basic culms 5–9 cm long,internode of the middle culms 13–18 cm long,joint of the node 1–2 mm long; the sheath tongue about 0.5 mm high,the cilium of the sheath tongue about 2 mm long; the ligula about 3 mm high,and the cilium of the ligula about 4 mm long; the small leaf 2–6 cm long and 0.3–0.6 cm wide in adult bamboo,and its secondary veins with 3–4 couplets.

Drepanostachyum stoloniforme S.H.Chen & Z.Z.Wang,a new species of Bambusoideae from China

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