Yushania longiaurita

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 150 cm long; 4–6 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 14 cm long; distally mealy. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement one, or two, or three, or several. Culm-sheaths persistent; chartaceous; glabrous; hairy on margins; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 6–8 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; reflexed. Leaves 5–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; spreading. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 7–12 cm long; 10–15 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 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. Zheng & Huang 2002.

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