Yushania wuyishanensis

HABIT Perennial; culms solitary. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 400 cm long; 10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 20–30 cm long; distally mealy. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths persistent, or tardily deciduous; coriaceous; yellow, or purple; hispid; hairy at the base; with reflexed hairs; with purple hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 3–5 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1–1.5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; erect; 1–1.5 cm long. Leaves 6–8 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 5–7 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10–13 cm long; 11–12 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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