Yushania suijiangensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 100–200 cm long; 3–6 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 14–17 cm long; striate; distally mealy. Culm-nodes flush with internodes, or swollen. Lateral branches dendroid; erect, or ascending. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one, or two, or three. Culm-sheaths persistent; 0.3–0.5 length of internode; coriaceous; hispid; with grey hairs, or tawny hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 0.5–2 cm long; 1–1.5 mm wide. Leaves 3–11 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 4.5–6 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty, or lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 4.5–17 cm long; 10–28 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 8–16 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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