Yushania complanata

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–450 cm long; 5–12 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 15–24 cm long; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several; in an irregular line. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 14–24 cm long; coriaceous; pubescent; with appressed hairs; with yellow hairs; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 1.3–7 cm long; 1–3 mm wide. Leaves 5–7 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3.5–5.2 cm long; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty, or lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.15–0.25 cm long. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 7–14 cm long; 10–16 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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