Yushania cava

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 400 cm long; 10–20 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 21 cm long; estriate; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; 14 cm long; coriaceous; glabrous; concave at apex, or convex at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; deciduous; reflexed; 1.2–5.5 cm long; 1.5–2.5 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 3–4 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3.5–6 cm long; 5–8 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6 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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