taxonID	type	description	language	source
ECFE5C021CA9526988D88DED826DC98A.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3	en	Li, Jian-Wei, Sun, Mao-Sheng, Bao, Hao-Feng, Hui, Chao-Mao, Liu, Wei-Yi (2025): Dendrocalamus wazibii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 263: 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.263.162328
ECFE5C021CA9526988D88DED826DC98A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dendrocalamus wazibii is similar to D. peculiaris and D. tomentosus, but can be easily distinguished from them by having culm leaf ligule 15 mm long (vs. 5 – 7 mm in D. tomentosus and 6 – 10 mm in D. peculiaris), linear culm leaf auricles (vs. absent in D. tomentosus and D. peculiaris), lemma 5 – 7 mm × 4 – 5 mm (vs. 4 – 5 mm × 4 – 6 mm in D. tomentosus; vs. 7 – 11 mm × 7 – 8 mm in D. peculiaris), anthers 2 – 2.5 mm long (vs. 2.5 – 3 mm in D. tomentosus; vs. 3 – 3.5 mm in D. peculiaris) and stamens 5 mm long (vs. 6 mm in D. tomentosus; vs. 10 mm in D. peculiaris) (See Table 1 for details).	en	Li, Jian-Wei, Sun, Mao-Sheng, Bao, Hao-Feng, Hui, Chao-Mao, Liu, Wei-Yi (2025): Dendrocalamus wazibii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 263: 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.263.162328
ECFE5C021CA9526988D88DED826DC98A.taxon	description	Description. Rhizomes pachymorph. Culms erect, apex slightly nodding, 13 – 20 m tall, 7 – 12 cm diameter; internodes 30 – 40 cm long, initially densely white to pale brown tomentum; branching initiated from the 2 nd or 3 rd basal node, multiple branches per node with one dominant branch; basal nodes with aerial roots; intranode ca. 1 cm tall, with a ring of white tomentum; sheath scar prominent, with a ring of brown hair below. Culm sheaths coriaceous, deciduous; sheath blade 24 – 30 cm × 32 – 40 cm, 1 / 2 – 2 / 3 as long as internode length, margins ciliate; auricles small, linear with oral setae, deciduous; ligule arched, 15 mm tall, margins deeply lobed with brown oral setae 0.3 – 0.5 cm long (longer laterally, up to 1.5 cm); blades triangular, 8 cm tall, reflexed, ca. 1 / 3 as long as sheath proper, adaxial base covered with dark brown bristles. Ultimate branchlets with 6 – 8 foliage leaves. Leaf blades oblong-lanceolate, 12 – 25 cm × 2 – 4 cm, finely pubescent, secondary veins 6 – 9 pairs; margins finely serrulate; petioles 3 – 5 mm, sparsely pubescent; sheaths 5.5 – 8 cm, margins ciliate; auricles absent; ligule arcuate, ca. 1 mm tall, margins finely serrulate, occasionally oral setae. Flowering branches pendulous, leafless with 2 – 30 clusters pseudo-spikelets at each node; inflorescence clusters 1.2 – 2 cm in diameter; pseudo-spikelets broadly ovate, 8 – 12 × 5 – 7 mm, dark purple, with 5 – 6 florets. Glumes 2, ca. 3.5 mm long, ca. 2.5 mm width, margins ciliate; lemmas ovate, 5 – 7 × 4 – 5 mm, pubescent, many-veined, apex mucronate, margins ciliate; palea oblanceolate, ca. 4 × 2.2 mm, 2 - keeled, keels 1 mm apart, margins and keels long ciliate; lodicules absent; stamens 6, ca. 4 mm long, anthers yellow, 2 – 2.5 mm long, anthers exserted when mature, apex acute, with several white hairs; filaments free, ca. 2 mm long; pistil ca. 5 mm long, hairy; ovary ovoid; stigma 1, purple, plumose. Fruit unknown.	en	Li, Jian-Wei, Sun, Mao-Sheng, Bao, Hao-Feng, Hui, Chao-Mao, Liu, Wei-Yi (2025): Dendrocalamus wazibii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 263: 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.263.162328
ECFE5C021CA9526988D88DED826DC98A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Dendrocalamus wazibii is endemic to Yunnan, China and is currently found only near villages at an elevation of 1,376 m in Cangyuan County.	en	Li, Jian-Wei, Sun, Mao-Sheng, Bao, Hao-Feng, Hui, Chao-Mao, Liu, Wei-Yi (2025): Dendrocalamus wazibii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 263: 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.263.162328
ECFE5C021CA9526988D88DED826DC98A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ wazibii ” is used in apposition to the Lahu language term “ wa zi bi ” that means the bamboo culms prized for their relatively high flexibility and common use in weaving.	en	Li, Jian-Wei, Sun, Mao-Sheng, Bao, Hao-Feng, Hui, Chao-Mao, Liu, Wei-Yi (2025): Dendrocalamus wazibii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 263: 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.263.162328
