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|accepted_name=Arundinaria gigantea
|accepted_authority=(Walter) Muhl.
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|common_names=River cane;Giant cane
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|name=Arundinaria tecta var. distachya
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|name=Arundinaria macrosperma
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|name=Arundinaria gigantea subsp. macrosperma
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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><i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> 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
|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;Annaliese Miller
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|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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|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Bambuseae
|genus=Arundinaria
|species=Arundinaria gigantea
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