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This genus is accepted, and its native range is S. Central China to Indo-China.

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Habit
Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 700-1500-2500 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; in a horizontal line; with 1 branch dominant; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; without auricles. Culm-sheath blade linear (1), or triangular (1). Ligule an eciliate membrane (1), or a ciliolate membrane (1). Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate.
Inflorescences
Synflorescence bractiferous; linear (1), or fasciculate (1); with spathaceous subtending bracts; with axillary buds at base of spikelet. Fertile spikelets sessile.
Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets, or 3 fertile florets (1); with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate (1), or ovate (1); laterally compressed; 12-17.87-25 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes glabrous (1), or pubescent (1).
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets, or 3 fertile florets (1); with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate (1), or ovate (1); laterally compressed; 12-17.87-25 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes glabrous (1), or pubescent (1).
Glume
Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume oblong (1), or ovate (1); 0.7-0.825-1 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 9 -veined (1), or 11-13 -veined (1). Lower glume surface pubescent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume oblong (1), or ovate (1); 0.5-0.8125-1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 9 -veined (1), or 12-13 -veined (1). Upper glume lateral veins with cross-veins (1/1). Upper glume surface pubescent. Upper glume apex acute.
Florets
Fertile lemma oblong; membranous; without keel; 9-12 -veined (1), or 13 -veined, or 14-19 -veined (1). Lemma surface pubescent. Lemma apex acute. Palea 1 length of lemma; membranous (1), or chartaceous (1); 3-5 -veined (1), or 7-9 -veined (1); 2-keeled but the uppermost without keels (1), or 2-keeled (1). Palea keels ciliate. Palea surface glabrous (1), or pubescent (1). Palea apex dentate, or lobed.
Flowers
Lodicules absent (1), or 2 (1); ciliate (1/1); acute (1/1). Anthers 6. Stigmas 1 (1), or 3 (1). Ovary umbonate; glabrous.
Fruits
Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
Distribution
Temperate Asia, or Tropical Asia.

Native to:

China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi

Thyrsostachys Gamble appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Indian Forester 20: 1 (1896)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2019). World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP Database) The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0