Yushania elevata

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated (70 cm); pachymorph. Culms erect; 400–700 cm long; 14–60 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 24–60 cm long; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes with distinct supra-nodal ridge; pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; coriaceous; pubescent; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; entire. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; glabrous on surface. Leaves 4–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect; 0.5–1 mm long; dark. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 4.5–9.5 cm long; 4–9 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 4–6 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. Fl China 2006.

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