taxonID	type	description	language	source
715041CD46A75E7E8B280BF54BFE6B83.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3	en	Li, Xing, Ni, Jing-Bo, Liang, Mian, Tong, Yi-Hua, Xia, Nian-He (2025): Yushania rubrovaginata (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new combination for Sasa rubrovaginata. PhytoKeys 255: 189-201, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.147252
715041CD46A75E7E8B280BF54BFE6B83.taxon	description	Description. Shrubby bamboo. Rhizomes pachymorph, necks 15 – 30 cm long, 3 – 5 mm in diameter, solid. Culms 1 – 3.5 m tall, 5 – 8 mm in diameter, diffuse; branches usually solitary at lower culm nodes, 2 – 3 at mid and upper culm nodes; internodes terete, 10 – 30 cm long, glabrous, densely purple-spotted, thickly white powdery below nodes, hollow; supranodal ridges raised. Culm buds solitary, long-ovate, yellow to light green, ciliate on the margin. Culm leaf sheaths persistent or tardily deciduous, ca. 1 / 2 as long as internodes, purple-red, densely brown hispid abaxially, densely ciliate on the margin; sheath scar prominent, with persistent remains of sheath base; auricles falcate, 3 – 5 × 1 – 2 mm; oral setae developed, radiate; ligule truncate, ca. 0.5 mm high; blades linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, reflexed, easily deciduous, margin serrulate. Foliage leaves 5 – 13 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous, margin ciliate; auricles falcate, 1 – 3 × 0.5 – 1 mm; oral setae radiate, ca. 1 cm long; inner ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm high; outer ligule and pseudopetioles glabrous; blades broad-lanceolate to lanceolate, 17 – 26 × 3.5 – 6 cm, wavy when dry, glabrous, apex acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse; secondary veins 9 – 10 pairs, transverse veins conspicuous. Inflorescence unknown.	en	Li, Xing, Ni, Jing-Bo, Liang, Mian, Tong, Yi-Hua, Xia, Nian-He (2025): Yushania rubrovaginata (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new combination for Sasa rubrovaginata. PhytoKeys 255: 189-201, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.147252
715041CD46A75E7E8B280BF54BFE6B83.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. It is only found in Cenwang Mountain, Tianlin County, Guangxi, China. It grows on top of mountains at an altitude of 1968 to 2062.5 meters (the peak’s elevation).	en	Li, Xing, Ni, Jing-Bo, Liang, Mian, Tong, Yi-Hua, Xia, Nian-He (2025): Yushania rubrovaginata (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new combination for Sasa rubrovaginata. PhytoKeys 255: 189-201, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.147252
