Yushania velutina

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short (2–5 cm); pachymorph. Culms arching; 200–350 cm long; 5 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 10–15 cm long; smooth; distally pruinose. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; with subequal branches. Culm-sheaths 0.5–0.8 length of internode; coriaceous; glabrous; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade linear; narrower than sheath; demarcated but persistent; reflexed; pubescent. Leaves 4–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2–3 cm long; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; deciduous; 1–2 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 1 mm long; obtuse. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 4–11 cm long; 5–7 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 5–7 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy on both sides. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Demoly 2007.

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