Details for: PI 116768, Phyllostachys meyeri McClure, TARS 16469

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Phyllostachys meyeri McClure

Top Name:

TARS 16469

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 meyeri McClure

Top Name:

TARS 16469

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

China
Comment: Originally collected in China by Frank Meyer and received June 1908. Did not match original introduction number, PI 23234, description and was renumbered as PI 116768 in June 1936.
Collector(s):

Meyer, Frank Nicholas, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry

Donated

June 1936.

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

TARS 16469

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Hardy running bamboo about 18 feet high. General habit strongly resembles Phyllostachys aurea. Absence of shortened internodes in lower part of culm, more conspicuous spotting of the culm sheaths than P. aurea. Prominent ligules of the leaf and culm sheaths, and shorter marginal cilia of the culm sheath ligules than P. aurea.

Phyllostachys meyeri McClure

Genus:

Phyllostachys

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Bambusoideae

Tribe:

Arundinarieae

Subtribe:

Arundinariinae

Nomen number:

28170

Place of publication:

J. Washington Acad. Sci. 35:286. 1945

Verified:

03/22/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Meyer bamboo	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Transcribed Chinese	dan zhu	2	Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
Transcribed Chinese	mao huan zhu	2	Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
Transcribed Chinese	zhe jiang dan 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 meyeri McClure

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Culm Color	Culm color	6 - Bluish-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.	14.2	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.	1.82	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