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Dendrocalamus pulverulentus
Chia & But
A new species was discovered in our study on the bamboos
of Hong Kong. It has short-necked pachymorph rhizomes, forming
dense tufts. Its culms are densely covered with fine white waxy
powder, with long pendulous tips but no branches at lower nodes.
The culm-sheaths are densely covered with brown hairs and white
waxy powder on the outer surface, each bearing two minute or
sometimes undeveloped sheath-auricles, a low ligule, and a lanceolate,
outwardly spreading sheath-blade. Tertiary nerves on the lower
surface of the leaf-blades form distinct tessellations. This
combination of characters, even in the absense of spikelets,
clearly indicates that the bamboo is a member of the genus Dendrocalamus,
probably closely related to D. minor (McClure)
Chia & H. L. Fung.
New Species
Found in Hong Kong by our team
(A section added to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of The
Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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