Yushania chingii

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 100–250 cm long; 3–8 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen, or solid; 15–22 cm long; striate. Culm-nodes constricted. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths persistent; 3.5–5.5 cm long; coriaceous; glabrous; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 5–8 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 1.2–2 cm long; 1–2 mm wide. Leaves 5–11 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 5.5–7 cm long. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 5–12 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. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 19–26 cm long; 28–40 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 14–18 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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