Yushania xizangensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 450 cm long; 10–20 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 25–40 cm long; distally glabrous, or pubescent. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid; erect. Branch complement many. Culm-sheaths persistent, or tardily deciduous; 15–25 cm long; 4 times as long as wide; coriaceous; hispid; with dark brown hairs; without auricles; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; deciduous; reflexed. Leaves 2–4 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; curly; 2–4 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.15 cm long; petiole pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3–11 cm long; 5–8 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; 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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