Bambusa schizostachyoides

Bambusa schizostachyoides (Kurz) Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7, 1896: 48.

- Synonyms: Melocanna kurzii Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26 (1), 1868: 134; Teinostachyum schizostachyoides (Kurz) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 39 (2), 1870: 89; Cephalostachyum schizostachyoides Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu App. A. p. cxxxvii.; App. B, 1875: 94; Forest Fl. Burma ii, 1877: 565; Bambusa kurzii (Munro) N. P. Balakr., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22 (1-4), 1982: 176; Schizostachyum kurzii (Munro) R. B. Majumdar, in S. Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enumerat., Monocot., 1989: 281; Pseudobambusa schizostachyoides (Kurz) T. Q. Nguyen, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 76 (7), 1991: 992; Pseudobambusa kurzii (Munro) Ohrnb., Bamb. World Intro. 4, 1997: 19.
- Thai name: No known records.
- Distribution: THAILAND: might occur in Thailand (W. C. Lin, Bamboos of Thailand, 1968: 22 [#1102]), possibly in Thailand's borderland area with Myanmar. — INDIA: Andaman Islands, Manipur. — MYANMAR (South).
- Culm size: Height 6–10 m, diameter 7.5–10 cm.
- Descriptions:
- (1) "… Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 600–1000 cm long; 80–100 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled; 45–60 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement one, or two, or three, or several. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; hispid; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10–18 cm long; 12–23 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation with 10–12 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface smooth; glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate; antrorsely scabrous. …" — Kew GrassBase, as "Bambusa kurzii" [#1335].
- (2) J. S. Gamble, Bambuseae Brit. India, 1896: p. 48 [#1230].
- (3) K. K. Seethalakshmi & al., Bamboos of India, 1998: p. 248, as "Schizostachyum kurzii" [#1062].
- Images: Line drawing in J. S. Gamble, Bambuseae Brit. India, 1896: pl. 44 [#1230]. Photo of type specimen at Kew Herbarium (leafy and flowering branch) [#1333].
- Comments: (1) Flowers known. — (2) Bambusa schizostachyoides is an unresolved name (PlantList).