Yushania

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Yushania
Bamboo on Mount Kenya
Bamboo on Mount Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Yushania
Keng f.
Type species
Y. niitakayamensis Keng f.[1]
Species

See text.
Synonyms

Burmabambus Keng f.
Butania Keng f.[2]

Yushania is a genus of bamboo always of the family Poaceae and now of the woody bamboo tribe Bambuseae and the supertribe Bambusodae which have both been experiencing many name changes.[3] The species of Yushania are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos that grow natively in the Himalayan, African and Taiwanese mountains at moderate to high altitudes, up to 3000 m but usually lower.

Yushania contains species that used to be Arundinaria and one that is still considered to be a Sinarundinaria by some.[4]

Yushania is also a species which is popular to cultivate.

[edit] Selected species

  • Yushania alpina (K. Schum.) W. C. Lin -- African alpine bamboo.
  • Yushania anceps (Mitford) Lin (OHRN) -- African bamboo, Jaunsar bamboo
  • Yushania basihirsuta (McClure) Z. P. Wang & G. H. Ye -- Hirsute chinacane
  • Yushania brevipaniculata (Hand.-Mazz.) T. P. Yi
  • Yushania chungii (Keng) Z. P. Wang & G. H. Ye -- Large arrow bamboo.
  • Yushania glauca T. P. Yi & T. L. Long
  • Yushania hirsuta (Munro) R. B. Majumdar
  • Yushania levigata T. P. Yi
  • Yushania lineolata T. P. Yi
  • Yushania maling (Gamble) R. B. Majumdar
  • Yushania microphylla (Munro) R. B. Majumdar
  • Yushania niitakayamensis (Hayata) Keng f. -- Niitakayama cane, Yushan cane, Yushan Mountain cane[2][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yushania Keng f. (HTML). Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1957). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  2. ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-03-17). Genus: Yushania Keng f. (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  3. ^ Evans, Ralph; Chris Stapleton (Spring, 2007). Species Source List Number 27 (HTML). American Bamboo Society. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  4. ^ Sinarundinaria alpina (K.Schum.) C.S.Chao & Renvoize record n° 54488 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  5. ^ Porcher, Michel H.; Prof. Snow Barlow (2001-03-01). Sorting Yushania names (HTML). MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.

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