Chimonobambusa szechuanensis (Rendle) Keng fil.

This species is not to be confused with Chimonobambusa si-chuanensis (species no. 1).

Culms 2.5–4(–6) m tall, 1.5–2 cm in diam.; internodes terete or obscurely 4-anged, 18–22 cm, grooved and ridged above branches, glabrate; basal nodes with rings of root thorns. Branches 3 per node. Culm sheaths deciduous, shorter than internodes, thickly papery, glabrous, main veins purple, transverse veins distally prominent, margins ciliate; ligule 0.5–1 mm; blade subulate-triangular, 3–5 mm, articulate. Leaves 1–3 per ultimate branch; sheaths leathery, glabrous, margins ciliate; oral setae pale, 3–5 mm; ligule 1–1.5 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 18–20 × 1.2–1.5 cm, secondary veins 4–6-paired. Pseudospikelets without bracts or with 1–4 bracts, upper 1 or 2 with buds or secondary spikelets; florets 3 or 4. Glumes 2 or 3; lemma ovate-lanceolate, 7–9-veined, apex gradually acuminate. Palea narrowly ovate, subequal to lemma. Anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid; style short, divided nearly from base. Caryopsis nutlike, ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 16 × 6 mm.

Sichuan.

* Mountain areas; 1000–2400 m.

Arundinaria szechuanensis Rendle in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 64. 1914; Oreocalamus szechuanensis (Rendle) Keng.

Chimonobambusa szechuanensis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được (Rendle) Keng f. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1948.

八月竹（学名：Chimonobambusa szechuanensis）为禾本科方竹属下的一个种。