野龙竹 ye long zhu

Culms (7–)10–18 m, (6–)10–15 cm in diam.; internodes 29–35(–60) cm. Branches several, central dominant. Culm sheaths deciduous, leathery, abaxially brown hairy, apex rounded; auricles absent; ligule ca. 1 mm; blade erect. Leaf sheaths white hairy; ligule 3–5 mm; blade 25–35 × 3–4.5 cm. Pseudospikelets 30–40 per node; clusters (1–)1.9–3.2 cm in diam. Spikelets obovate-triangular, 10–13 × 4–7.5 mm; florets 4 or 5. Glumes 1–3; lemma 8.5–9.5 × 5–6 mm, apex long mucronate; palea 7.5–8 mm. Filaments ca. 7 mm; anthers yellow, ca. 3.7 mm, apiculate. Style purple, ca. 6 mm; stigma 1. Caryopsis golden, with a beak ca. 1.5 mm, basally glabrous, distally including beak white pubescent.

* 500–1000 m. Yunnan.

This bamboo is not yet well distinguished from the widely distributed and variable Dendrocalamus hamiltonii.

After publication of the family treatment for the Flora of China, it was determined that the name is a synonym of D. hamiltonii (see Guo Yongbing & XIA Nianhe. J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 18(2): 133-136. 2010).