Yushania weixiensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 100–200 cm long; 3–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 20–25 cm long; striate; distally pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid; erect. Branch complement several; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; 6–11 cm long; coriaceous; glabrous, or pubescent; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 3.5–25 cm long; 1–1.5 mm wide. Leaves 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 1.2–2.7 cm long; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; 1–2(–4) mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3.4–7 cm long; 3–6 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 4–6 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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