Yushania Explained

Yushania is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

Recent classification systems place Yushania in the tribe Arundinarieae.^[3]

The species of Yushania are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chinese, and Southeast Asian mountains at moderate to high altitudes, up to 3000 m.

Yushania contains species formerly classified as members of Arundinaria, as well as one species that is still considered to be a Sinarundinaria by some.^[4]

Some species of Yushania are popular to cultivate.

Species^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Formerly includedsee Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Fargesia Gelidocalamus Otatea Pseudosasa Sarocalamus

Notes and References

1. Keng, Pai Chieh. 1957. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 6(4): 355–356
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027977 Tropicos, Yushania Keng f.
3. Soreng. Robert J.. Peterson. Paul M.. Romaschenko. Konstantin. Davidse. Gerrit. Teisher. Jordan K.. Clark. Lynn G.. Barberá. Patricia. Gillespie. Lynn J.. Zuloaga. Fernando O.. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 55. 4. 2017. 259–290. 1674-4918. 10.1111/jse.12262. free. 10261/240149. free.
4. Web site: Sinarundinaria alpina (K.Schum.) C.S.Chao & Renvoize record n° 54488 . https://archive.today/20130101134056/http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=54488 . dead . January 1, 2013 . September 10, 2009 . African Plants Database . South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica.
5. Web site: Species Source List Number 27 . Ralph Evans . Chris Stapleton . American Bamboo Society . Spring 2007 . September 10, 2009 . February 9, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209081624/http://www.americanbamboo.org/SpeciesSourceList.html . dead .
6. Web site: Genus Yushania . The Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (eds.) . 2008 . Catalogue of Life China: 2008 Annual Checklist China . . September 10, 2009.
7. Web site: Sorting Yushania names . Michel H. Porcher . Prof. Snow Barlow . MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE . . 2001-03-01 . September 10, 2009.
8. Web site: Species Records of Yushania . https://web.archive.org/web/20041108190754/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?17053 . dead . November 8, 2004 . GRIN . USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . September 10, 2009 .