Yushania
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Bamboo on Mount Kenya
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Y. niitakayamensis Keng f.[1] |
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Burmabambus Keng f. |
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
- ^ Yushania Keng f. (HTML). Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1957). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Evans, Ralph; Chris Stapleton (Spring, 2007). Species Source List Number 27 (HTML). American Bamboo Society. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
- Information related to Yushania from Wikispecies.
- The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yushania.