Gigantochloa albociliata (Munro) Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A:136 1875 ( 'albo-ciliata' )

Xu, Zu-Chang, Liu, Jing-Xia & Li, De-Zhu, 2021, Gigantochloa glabrata (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China, PhytoKeys 171, pp. 37-45 : 37

Gigantochloa albociliata (Munro) Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A:136 1875 ( 'albo-ciliata')

Oxytenanthera albociliata ≡ Oxytenanthera albociliata Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 26: 129. 1868 (' albo-ciliata '). -Type: Myanmar, Pegu, Brandis 19 (syntype: K, K000710255!); Myanmar, Moulmein, Falconer 27 (syntype: K, K000710256!).

Diagnosis.

Gigantochloa albociliata has reflexed culm sheath blades, culm sheath ligules 14-18 mm high, erose-toothed; culms have white hispid; dominant branches conspicuous.

Specimen examined.

China. Yunnan: Menghai Country, Daluo Town, 22 April 2016, Liujx16024, Liujx16027 (KUN!); ibid., 10, December, 2016, Liujx16056 (KUN!); ibid., Manka, 22 October 1978, J. L. Sun 18069 (HITBC!); THAILAND. Sakon Nakhon, near Phu Pha National Park, 12 August 2018, Liujx18009 (KUN!).