Yushania bojieiana

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short, or elongated (15–50 cm); pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–500 cm long; 10–15 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 23–32 cm long; distally mealy. Culm-nodes without obvious supra-nodal ridge, or with distinct supra-nodal ridge. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths persistent; 0.6–0.8 length of internode; coriaceous; hispid; with yellow hairs, or tawny hairs; hairy on margins; triangular at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders, or setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; glabrous on surface. Leaves 6–8 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or hispid (at base). Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 6 mm long; pale. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Leaf-blade base cuneate, or broadly rounded; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 4.3–9.2 cm long; 10–15 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Fl China 2006.

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