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|accepted_name=Arundinaria gigantea
|accepted_authority=(Walter) Muhl.
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|common_names=River cane;Giant cane
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arundinaria tecta var. distachya
|authority=unknown
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|name=Arundinaria macrosperma
|authority=unknown
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|name=Arundinaria gigantea subsp. macrosperma
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae;Poaceae tribe Bambuseae;Arundinaria;Arundinaria gigantea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Bambuseae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arundinaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Arundinaria gigantea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 18
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>normally remaining horizontal, sometimes hollow-centered, air canals absent. <b>Culms</b> 2-8 m tall, to 3 cm thick; internodes typically sulcate distal to the branches. <b>Culm</b> leaves deciduous; sheaths 9-15 cm; fimbriae 2.2-7 mm; blades 1.5-3.5 cm. <b>Topknots</b> of 6-8 leaves; blades 16-24 cm long, 2-3.2 cm wide, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate. <b>Primary</b> branches to 25 cm, erect or nearly so, with 0-1 compressed basal internodes, lower elongated internodes flattened in cross section. <b>Foliage</b> leaves: abaxial ligules usually ciliate, sometimes glabrous; blades subcoriaceous, persistent, evergreen, 8-15 cm long, 0.8-1.3 cm wide, bases rounded, abaxial surfaces glabrous or pubescent, strongly cross veined, adaxial surfaces glabrous or almost so. <b>Spikelets</b> 4-7 cm, greenish or brownish, with 8-12 florets. <b>Glumes</b> unequal, glabrous or pubescent, lowest glumes obtuse to acuminate or absent; lemmas 1.2-2 cm, usually appressed-hirsute to canescent, sometimes pubescent only towards the base and margins. <b>Caryopses</b> oblong, beaked, without a style branch below the beaks. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mo.;Miss.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Del.;N.J.;N.Y.;Md.
|discussion=<p>Arundinaria gigantea forms extensive colonies in low woods, moist ground, and along river banks. It was once widespread in the southeastern United States, but cultivation, burning, and overgrazing have destroyed many stands.</p>
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name=Arundinaria gigantea
|author=
|authority=(Walter) Muhl.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Arundinaria tecta var. distachya;Arundinaria macrosperma;Arundinaria gigantea subsp. macrosperma
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Cindy Roché and Annaliese Miller; some parts based on Hitchcock (1951) and McClure (1973)
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mo.;Miss.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Del.;N.J.;N.Y.;Md.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Bambuseae
|genus=Arundinaria
|species=Arundinaria gigantea
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