冕宁悬竹 mian ning xuan zhu

Dendrocalamus mianningensis Q. Li & X. Jiang, J. Yunnan Forest. Coll. 1984(1): 134. 1984; Drepanostachyum mianningense (Q. Li & X. Jiang) T. P. Yi; Patellocalamus gongshanensis T. P. Yi; P. miannin-gensis (Q. Li & X. Jiang) T. P. Yi.

Culms 4–8 m, to 1.5 cm in diam., internodes 22.5–27 cm; wall 3–6 mm thick. Branches several, dominant branch obvious. Culm sheaths persistent, irregularly brown spotted, triangular, leathery, white powdery, densely brown hairy, margins long ciliate; auricles absent; ligule ca. 1 cm, fimbriate; blade erect or reflexed. Leaf sheaths 7–8 cm, glabrous; ligule 1–2 mm, apex ciliate; blade 15–21 × 3–3.5 cm. Inflorescence unknown.

* Riverside slopes; 1000–1700 m. W Sichuan, W Yunnan.