Yushania auctiaurita

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 100–250 cm long; 3–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 8–22 cm long; striate. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid; erect. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one. Culm-sheaths persistent; 3.7–7 cm long; 0.6–0.7 length of internode; coriaceous; hispid; with yellow hairs; hairy on margins; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 3–6 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; 0.9–2.2 cm long; 1.5–3 mm wide. Leaves 3–8 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3–6.5 cm long; glabrous on surface, or pilose; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 2–7 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.15–0.55 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 2.5–16 cm long; 10–30 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 10–18 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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