刚竹组 gang zhu zu

Phyllostachys reticulata Phyllostachys reticulata

Rhizome internodes without air canals in transverse section. Culm nodes with intranode ca. 3 mm. Culm sheaths of lower and mid-culm ± covered with brown or dark brown spots; blade horizontal or reflexed, rarely erect, usually spreading at shoot apex, narrowly lanceolate to linear, base usually narrower than ligule. Flowering branchlets spicate. Spikelets 2.5–3 cm. Lemma 1.6–2.8 cm. Anthers 7–15 mm.

About 40 species: China, India, Japan, Myanmar; introduced to many other countries; 40 species (38 endemic) in China.