Neohouzeaua A. Camus
Sometimes referred to Shizostachyum
Habit, vegetative morphology. Perennial (large bushes). Culms woody and persistent; scandent, or not scandent; branched above. Rhizomes pachymorph. Leaves not basally aggregated. Leaf blades pseudopetiolate; disarticulating from the sheaths.
Reproductive organization. Plants bisexual, with bisexual spikelets; with hermaphrodite florets.
Inflorescence. Inflorescence indeterminate (presumably?); with pseudospikelets (presumably?); paniculate (dense, oblong). Spikelet-bearing axes persistent. Spikelets not secund; pedicellate.
Female-fertile spikelets. Rachilla prolonged beyond the uppermost female-fertile floret (?).
Glumes present; ‘3–4’; awnless (mucronate); similar.
Female-fertile florets 1. Lemmas twisted; similar in texture to the glumes; not becoming indurated; mucronate to awned (or almost awned). Palea absent. Lodicules absent (‘or very small’). Stamens 6; monadelphous. Ovary with a conspicuous apical appendage. The appendage long, stiff and tapering. Styles fused (into one prolonged style). Stigmas 3.
Fruit, embryo and seedling. Pericarp thick and hard; free (the fruit a nut).
Taxonomy. Bambusoideae; Bambusodae; Bambuseae.
Distribution, ecology, phytogeography. 4 species; Southeast Asia.
Paleotropical. Indomalesian. Indo-Chinese.
Special comments. Description very inadequate. Fruit data wanting. Anatomical data wanting.
Cite this publication as: Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M. J. (1992 onwards). ‘Grass Genera of the World: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval; including Synonyms, Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology, Phytochemistry, Cytology, Classification, Pathogens, World and Local Distribution, and References.’ http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/. Version: 18th August 1999. Dallwitz (1980), Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993 onwards, 1998), and Watson and Dallwitz (1994), and Watson, Dallwitz, and Johnston (1986) should also be cited (see References).