taxonID	type	description	language	source
8B6EA9458FA251149789D7BB2489DC11.taxon	description	Description. Running bamboo. Rhizomes leptomorph. Culms diffuse, erect, 7 – 17 m tall and 4 – 10 cm in diameter; internodes terete, 30 – 70 cm long, green, thickly white powdery when young, glabrous; supra-nodal ridges weakly prominent or flattened; sheath scars prominent, with a ring of dense brown setae when young, glabrescent when old. Mid-culm branch complement with three branches. Culm leaf sheaths initially pale green, turning to gold-yellow, yellow-brown or pale red-brown when old, caducous, triangular, thickly leathery, abaxially sparsely brown setose and white powdery, base densely brown setose, margins densely ciliate; auricles ovate to falcate, 3.5 – 10 × 2 – 6 mm; oral setae well-developed, many, scabrid, radiating or curly, 0.5 – 1 cm long; ligules fragile, arcuate, 2 – 4 mm tall, abaxially pubescent, apex with deciduous short cilia; blades erect or reflexed, easily deciduous, narrowly triangular to lanceolate, 2 – 12.5 × 0.7 – 3 cm, apex acuminate, base broadened or slightly narrowed. Foliage leaves 3 or 4 per ultimate branch; sheaths 4 – 6.5 cm long, glabrous, longitudinal ribs conspicuous; auricles absent; oral setae usually absent or several at the lowest one or two sheath apex; ligules truncate, 1 – 2 mm tall, abaxially pubescent; blades lanceolate, papery, 5 – 15 × 0.8 – 2 cm, base subrounded or cuneate, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, both margins serrulate, secondary veins 4 – 6 pairs, transverse veins conspicuous, margins serrulate. Inflorescence raceme-like, with (1 –) 2 – 4 spikelets, axis glabrous, without white powder, basal internodes 6 – 8 mm long, glabrous; spikelet pedicels 3 – 12 mm long, glabrous, without white powder, basally subtended by a small membranous bract. Spikelets slightly laterally compressed, (1.5 –) 5 – 7.5 cm long, fertile florets 3 – 12 (– 15), uppermost one not fully developed; rachilla segments compressed, 5 – 10 mm long, pubescent, with several longitudinal ridges; glumes 2, first glume narrowly triangular, ca. 8 mm long, apically pubescent or glabrous, 1 – 3 - veined, apex acute; second glume ovate to lanceolate, ca. 11 mm long, indumentum the same as the first glume, 7 – 9 - veined; lemma lanceolate, ca. 13 mm long, abaxially sparsely pubescent at the upper parts, while glabrous at other parts or glabrous wholly, white powdery, 11 – 15 - veined, apex acuminate; palea shorter than or equal to lemma, 9 – 13 mm long, 2 - keeled, keels white ciliate on the upper parts, 4 or 5 - veined between keels, 3 - veined outside keels each side, apex acute; lodicules 3, 2.5 – 4 × 1 – 1.4 mm, ovate, the upper parts membranous, while middle and lower parts fleshy, margins sparsely ciliate; stamens 6, anthers initially yellow, brown when old, 4 – 5 mm long, filaments ca. 4 mm long; ovary ovate, ca. 1 mm long; style 1, 2 – 2.5 mm long; stigmas 3, plumose. Caryopsis unknown.	en	Niu, Zhengyang, Cai, Zhuoyu, Yin, Jun, Tong, Yihua, Xia, Nianhe (2025): Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that Indosasa gigantea and Acidosasa glauca (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Arundinarieae) are conspecific. PhytoKeys 255: 171-187, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.143020
8B6EA9458FA251149789D7BB2489DC11.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Up to now, this species has been known native to north Fujian and widely cultivated in Zhejiang, Guangdong and Hunan. It prefers sunny environments and often grows well on mountain slopes near roadsides, creeks and farmlands.	en	Niu, Zhengyang, Cai, Zhuoyu, Yin, Jun, Tong, Yihua, Xia, Nianhe (2025): Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that Indosasa gigantea and Acidosasa glauca (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Arundinarieae) are conspecific. PhytoKeys 255: 171-187, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.143020
