Yushania burmanica

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped loosely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–600 cm long; 10–25 mm diam.; woody; 28–35 -noded. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 10–25 cm long; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid; erect, or ascending. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several, or many. Culm-sheaths persistent; 17–29 cm long; 4–5 times as long as wide; coriaceous; hispid; with appressed hairs; with dark brown hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.8 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear; narrower than sheath; reflexed; 2.2–9 cm long; 2–4 mm wide. Leaves 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 4–6 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty, or pubescent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.7–0.8 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.15–0.25 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 8.5–14.5 cm long; 13–18 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 10 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Indo-China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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