Yushania uniramosa

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 60–160 cm long; 3–5 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen, or solid; 15 cm long; distally glabrous. Lateral branches suffrutescent. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one. Culm-sheaths persistent; 5–7 cm long; coriaceous; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 0.4–2 cm long; 1–3 mm wide. Leaves 6–11 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 5.5–19 cm long; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5–1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2–0.4 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 11–22 cm long; 15–26 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 10–14 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. Hsueh & Yi 2002.

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