Yushania pauciramificans

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; erect at the tip; 200–350 cm long; 6–12 mm diam.; woody; 15–20 -noded. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 18–20 cm long; mid-green, or purple; distally mealy. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid; erect, or ascending. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one, or two, or three, or several. Culm-sheaths persistent; 1–4 cm long; 0.8–0.9 times as long as wide; coriaceous; hispid; with erect hairs; with grey hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 2–10 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1–1.5 mm high; purple; entire. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 1–4 cm long; 1.5–3 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 2–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.5–7.5 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 3–9 mm long; pale. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5–1 mm long; purple; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.4–0.7 cm long; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 5.2–16 cm long; 15–28 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 8–12 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. Yi 2002.

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