50. Yushania anceps (Mitford) W.C. Lin GRAMINEAE
A temperate bamboo from Jaunsar in the North-West Himalaya (Uttarakhand), where it occurs in cool temperate forest at altitudes of 2000 to 3000 metres. Bamboos are grasses with hollow, jointed, woody stems, which are used for numerous purposes in tropical countries. The split stems of this species are used for weaving as baskets and mats. This species indulges in mass-flowering, when all individuals of a species flower at the same time and then die. Such flowerings have been recorded for this species in British gardens in 1910 and 1966.
Photograph of herbarium specimen collected by Roland Edgar Cooper in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, 1916
RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet
Accession Number:19693382
Scientific Name:Yushania anceps (Mitford) W.C.Lin
Family:Gramineae
Genus:Yushania
Epithet:anceps
Plant:19693382H
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/50
Plant:19693382I
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/60
Plant:19693382C
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19693382B
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/F04/A010
Plant:19693382A
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/F05/N/ZL080
Plant:19693382G
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/5
Plant:19693382D
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YP6/115
Plant:19693382L
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/125
Plant:19693382E
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19693382F
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/35
Plant:19693382K
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/115
Plant:19693382J
Location:/Living Collections/Benmore/YL8/105
