Yushania vigens T.P.Yi

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Yushania

Characteristics

Rhizome neck ca. 50 cm. Culms 2.5–7 m, 1.2–3 cm in diam.; internodes green, rarely light yellow striped, terete, 20–23 cm, glabrous, smooth, solid or nearly so; nodes with level supra-nodal ridge; sheath scar prominent with or without persistent remains of sheath base. Branches 5–9, roughly horizontal. Culm sheaths persistent, narrowly triangular, equal to or longer than internodes, basally cartilaginous, distally leathery, abaxially densely brown or dark brown setose, margins densely brown ciliate initially; auricles dark purple, triangular or elliptic; oral setae dense; ligule purple, arcuate, densely ciliate initially; blade erect, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Leaves 3–5 per ultimate branch; leaf sheath margins glabrous; auricles absent; oral setae few, light yellow, 4–9 mm; ligule purple, arcuate, glabrous; blade linear-lanceolate, 8.5–19 × 1–1.6 cm, glabrous, secondary veins 5-paired, transverse veins indistinct, base cuneate, margins serrulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Jul–Aug.
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Found at elevations from 1,999-2,500 metres.
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
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Distribution

Yushania vigens world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:929456-1
WFO ID wfo-0000907718
COL ID 5CTQ7
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Synonyms

Yushania vigens