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白哺鸡竹Phyllostachys dulcis McClure

白哺鸡竹Phyllostachys dulcis McClure

别名:哺鸡竹;甜竹;护基竹;象牙竹;白竹;哺鸡;sweetshoot bamboo;

科名:禾本科 Gramineae

属名:刚竹属 Phyllostachys

《中国植物志》第9(1)卷291页
  32.白哺鸡竹(植物分类学报)图版79:1-4
  Phyllostachys dulcis McClure in Journ. Wash.Acad.Sci. 35:285.f. 2. 1945. et in Agr. Handb. USDA No. 114:30. ff. 20. 21. 1957; Z. P. Wang et al. in Act. Phytotax. Sin. 18 (2):182. 1980.
  竿高6-10米,粗4-6厘米,幼竿逐渐被少量白粉,老竿灰绿色,常有淡黄色或橙红色的隐约细条纹和斑块;最长节间约为25厘米,壁厚约5毫米;竿环甚隆起,高于箨环。箨鞘质薄,背面淡黄色或乳白色,微带绿色或上部略带紫红色,有时有紫色纵脉纹,有稀疏的褐色至淡褐色小斑点和向下的刺毛,边缘绿褐色;箨耳卵状至镰形,绿色或绿带紫色,生长繸毛;箨舌拱形,淡紫褐色,边缘生短纤毛;箨片带状,皱曲,外翻,紫绿色,边缘淡绿黄色。末级小枝具2或3叶;叶耳及繸毛易脱落;叶舌显著伸出;叶片长9-14厘米,宽1.5-2.5厘米,下表面被毛,基部之毛尤密。笋期4月下旬。
  产江苏、浙江,浙江杭州及农村普遍栽培。1907年从浙江余杭县塘栖引入美国。模式标本采自美国。
  笋味鲜美,供食用;竿可作柄材用。
形态特征:竿高6—10米,粗4—6厘米,幼竿逐渐被少量白粉,老竿灰绿色,常有淡黄色或橙红色的隐约细条纹和斑块;最长节间约为25厘米,壁厚约5毫米;竿环甚隆起,高于箨环。箨鞘质薄,背面淡黄色或乳白色,微带绿色或上部略带紫红色,有时有紫色纵脉纹,有稀疏的褐色至淡褐色小斑点和向下的刺毛,边缘绿褐色;箨耳卵状至镰形,绿色或绿带紫色,生长继毛;箨舌拱形,淡紫褐色,边缘生短纤毛;箨片带状,皱曲,外翻,紫绿色,边缘淡绿黄色。末级小枝具2或3叶;叶耳及继毛易脱落;叶舌显著伸出;叶片长9—14厘米,宽1.5—2.5厘米,下表面被毛,基部之毛尤密。笋期4月下旬。
用    途:笋味鲜美,供食用;竿可作柄材用。
产地分布:产江苏、浙江,浙江杭州及农村普遍栽培。1907年从浙江余杭县塘栖引入美国。模式标本采自美国。
参考文献:PhyllostachysdulcisMcClureinJourn.Wash.Acad.Sci.35:285.F.2.1945.EtinAgr.Handb.USDANo.114:30.Ff.20.21.1957;z.P.Wangetal.inAct.Phytotax.Sin.18(2):182.1980.

《Flora of China》 Vol. 22 (2006)
Phyllostachys dulcis  McClure
白哺鸡竹   bai bu ji zhu
Culms to 10 m, 4–6 cm in diam.; internodes to 25 cm, initially thinly white powdery, becoming glaucous, usually obscurely streaked and spotted with yellow or orange in age; wall ca. 5 mm thick; nodal ridge moderately elevated, more prominent than sheath scar. Culm sheaths yellow or milky-white, faintly tinged with green or distally pale purple-red, sometimes with purple veins, sparsely small spotted, margins dark brown, sparsely retrorsely strigose; auricles green or purple-green, ovate to falcate; oral setae well developed; ligule pale purple-brown, arcuate, ciliolate; blade reflexed, purple-green, with yellow-green margins, linear, crinkled. Leaves 2 or 3 per ultimate branch; auricles and oral setae deciduous; ligule obviously exserted; blade 9–14 × 1.5–2.5 cm, abaxially puberulent especially proximally. New shoots late Apr. 2n = 48*.
* Cultivated. Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.
This species is commonly planted in Zhejiang for its very delicious shoots, which are reputed to be the best of all Phyllostachys species. The culms are used for handles of farm tools.

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