Yushania lacera

HABIT Perennial; culms solitary. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 210 cm long; 8 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 20–23 cm long; distally mealy. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths persistent, or tardily deciduous; coriaceous; yellow, or purple; hispid; with reflexed hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5 mm high; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 1.5 cm long. Leaves 3–8 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 3–8 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10–13 cm long; 10–12 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Zheng & Huang 2002.

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