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Yushania alpina

Yushania alpina
Bamboo zone.jpg
Bamboo on Mount Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Yushania
Species: Y. alpina
Binomial name
Yushania alpina
(K. Schum.) W.C.Lin (1974)
Range of Yushania alpina.svg
Native range of Yushania alpina
Synonyms

Arundinaria alpina K. Schum.
Sinarundinaria alpina (K. Schum.) C.S.Chao & Renvoize
Arundinaria fischeri K.Schum.
Arundinaria tolange K.Schum.
Oxytenanthera ruwensorensis Chiov.


Arundinaria alpina K. Schum.
Sinarundinaria alpina (K. Schum.) C.S.Chao & Renvoize
Arundinaria fischeri K.Schum.
Arundinaria tolange K.Schum.
Oxytenanthera ruwensorensis Chiov.

Yushania alpina or African alpine bamboo is a perennialbamboo of the family Poaceae and the genus Yushania It can be found growing in dense but not large stands on the mountains and volcanoes surrounding the East African Rift between the altitudes of 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) and 3,300 meters (11,000 feet).


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