Yushania niitakayamensis(Hayata) Keng f.

WFO wfo-0000907685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-22 / obs. 130229916
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104866293
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102033686
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 74281990
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. e Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46448636
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31344272
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. g Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26731826
Yushania niitakayamensis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. h Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24588121

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Yushania niitakayamensis is native: China South-Central, Taiwan, Philippines China South-CentralTaiwanPhilippines
Native distribution of Yushania niitakayamensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Taiwan TAI
Philippines PHI ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arundinaria niitakayamensis Hayata
  • Arundinaria niitakayamensis var. microcarpa (E.G.Camus) A.H.Lawson
  • Arundinaria oiwakensis Hayata
  • Indocalamus niitakayamensis (Hayata) Nakai
  • Indocalamus niitakayamensis var. microcarpus A.H.Lawson
  • Indocalamus oiwakensis (Hayata) Nakai
  • Pleioblastus niitakayamensis (Hayata) Ohwi
  • Pleioblastus oiwakensis (Hayata) Ohwi
  • Pseudosasa oiwakensis (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto
  • Sasa niitakayamensis (Hayata) E.G.Camus
  • Sasa niitakayamensis var. microcarpa E.G.Camus
  • Sinarundinaria niitakayamensis (Hayata) Keng f.
  • Yushania niitakayamensis var. microcarpa (E.G.Camus) H.L.Li

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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