Details for: PI 116711, Phyllostachys purpurata McClure, Shat sam chuk, mah chuk

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Phyllostachys purpurata McClure

Top Name:

Shat sam chuk, mah chuk

Origin:

Collected – China

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Jun 1936

PI Assigned:

1936

Improvement Status:

Clone

Form Received:

Rhizome

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Inventory Volume:

127
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Phyllostachys purpurata McClure

Top Name:

Shat sam chuk, mah chuk

Origin:

Collected – China

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Jun 1936

PI Assigned:

1936

Improvement Status:

Clone

Form Received:

Rhizome

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

03 November 1926.
China
Locality: Chiuhwashaan, Anhwei Province

Collector(s):

McClure, F.A., USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Accession Names and Identifiers

Shat sam chuk, mah chuk

Type: Unverified name

725

Type: Collector identifier

TARS 16474

Type: Site identifier

STRAIGHTSTEM

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Medium sized, wild bamboo 4 to 4.5 meters high and 1.5 to 2 centimeters in diameter, with edible shoots. Culms nearly solid with very small central chambers; used for walking sticks, whipsticks, etc., but not for weaving. Nodes prominent; branches, two at each node, unequal, and leaves small to medium sized.

Phyllostachys purpurata McClure

Genus:

Phyllostachys

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Bambusoideae

Tribe:

Arundinarieae

Subtribe:

Arundinariinae

Nomen number:

28192

Place of publication:

Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9:43. 1940

Verified:

05/21/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
Transcribed Chinese	lizi zhu			2	Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 13 Mar 1997, from Phyllostachys spp. to Phyllostachys purpurata McClure

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Culm Color	Culm color	1 - Green	BAMBOO.BYRON.2010	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Culm Surface	Surface of young clums (less than 2 years old)	2 - Waxy	BAMBOO.BYRON.2010	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length in centimeters (distal leaflet on compound leaf set). Average of five.	12.7	BAMBOO.BYRON.2010	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Variegation	Leaf variegation	1 - Solid	BAMBOO.BYRON.2010	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width in centimeters (distal leaflet on compound leaf set). Average of five.	1.7	BAMBOO.BYRON.2010	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rhizome	Rhizome	1 - Leptomorph	BAMBOO.BYRON.2010	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Plot - Image of plot	BAMBOO.IMAGE.PLOT.2005	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Shoot - Image of shoot(s)	BAMBOO.IMAGE.SHOOT.2005	Not Available