Poaceae

Oldeania alpina (K.Schum.) Stapleton

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Oldeania

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Oldeania alpina: Bamboo zone to south east of Mount Kenya on Chogoria route. The road has enabled non-bamboo species to populate. This might be Yushania alpina . — Photo: Mehmet Karatay, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Amharic: ቀርከሃ
Chinese: 東非高地竹, 东非高地竹
Japanese: ユシャニア・アルピナ
Kinyarwanda: Umugano

Synonyms

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

Photos

Photo: Mehmet Karatay, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.