Yushania falcatiaurita

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 200–350 cm long; 10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen, or solid; 28 cm long; estriate, or striate; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid; erect, or ascending. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; coriaceous; pilose; with grey hairs; convex at apex; auriculate; with unequal auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 2–7 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5–1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; erect, or spreading; 0.8–3 cm long; 1.5–2.5 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 2–4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.8–4.5 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous, or hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 1–7 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5–0.7 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.15 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 2–8.5 cm long; 5–13 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–10 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Hsueh & Yi 2002.

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