Yushania is a genus

Genus

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 of bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

 always of the family Poaceae

Poaceae

The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

 and now of the woody bamboo tribe Bambuseae and the supertribe Bambusodae which have both been experiencing many name changes.
The species

Species

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 of Yushania are evergreen

Evergreen

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, spreading, thornless bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

s that grow natively in the Himalayan, Africa

Africa

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n and Taiwan

Taiwan

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ese mountains at moderate to high altitude

Altitude

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s, up to 3000 m but usually lower.

Yushania contains species that used to be Arundinaria and one that is still considered to be a Sinarundinaria by some.

Yushania is also a species which is popular to cultivate.

Selected species

Yushania ailuropodina T.P.Yi

Yushania alpina

Yushania alpina

Yushania alpina or African alpine bamboo, a perennialbamboo of the family Poaceae and the genus Yushaniaor the genus Sinarundinariabut not of the genus Chimonocalamus...

(K.Schum.) W.C.Lin - African alpine bamboo

Yushania anceps (Mitford) W.C.Lin - African bamboo, Jaunsar bamboo

Yushania andropogonoides (Hand.-Mazz.) T.P.Yi -

Yushania auctiaurita T.P.Yi -

Yushania aztecorum McClure & E.W.Sm. -

Yushania baishanzuensis Z.P.Wang & G.H.Le -

Yushania basihirsuta (McClure) Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye - Hirsute chinacane

Yushania bojieiana T.P.Yi -

Yushania boliana Demoly -

Yushania brevipaniculata (McClure) T.P.Yi -

Yushania brevis T.P.Yi -

Yushania canoviridis Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye -

Yushania cartilaginea T.H.Wen -

Yushania cava T.P.Yi -

Yushania chingii T.P.Yi -

Yushania chungii Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye - Large arrow bamboo

Yushania collina T.P.Yi -

Yushania complanata T.P.Yi -

Yushania confusa (McClure) Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye -

Yushania crassicollis T.P.Yi -

Yushania crispata T.P.Yi -

Yushania dafengdingensis T.P.Yi -

Yushania elevata T.P.Yi -

Yushania exilis T.P.Yi -

Yushania falcatiaurita Hsueh & T.P.Yi -

Yushania farcticaulis T.P.Yi -

Yushania farinosa Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye -

Yushania flexa T.P.Yi -

Yushania glandulosa Hsueh & T.P.Yi -

Yushania glauca T.P.Yi & T.L.Long -

Yushania grammata T.P.Yi -

Yushania hirsuta (Munro) R.B.Majumdar -

Yushania hirticaulis Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye -

Yushania lacera Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang -

Yushania laetevirens T.P.Yi -

Yushania levigata T.P.Yi -

Yushania lineolata T.P.Yi -

Yushania longiaurita Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang -

Yushania longiuscula T.P.Yi -

Yushania mabianensis T.P.Yi -

Yushania maculata T.P.Yi -

Yushania maling (Gamble) R.B.Majumdar -

Yushania megalothyrsa T.H.Wen -

Yushania menghaiensis T.P.Yi -

Yushania microphylla (Munro) R.B.Majumdar -

Yushania mitis T.P.Yi -

Yushania multiramea T.P.Yi -

Yushania niitakayamensis (Hayata) Keng f. - Niitakayama cane, Yushan cane, Yushan Mountain cane

Yushania oblonga T.P.Yi -

Yushania pachyclada T.P.Yi -

Yushania pauciramificans T.P.Yi -

Yushania polytricha Hsueh & T.P.Yi -

Yushania punctulata T.P.Yi -

Yushania qiaojiaensis Hsueh & T.P.Yi -

Yushania rugosa T.P.Yi -

Yushania straminea T.P.Yi -

Yushania suijangensis T.P.Yi -

Yushania uniramosa Hsueh & T.P.Yi -

Yushania varians T.P.Yi -

Yushania vigens T.P.Yi -

Yushania violascens (Keng) T.P.Yi -

Yushania weixiensis T.P.Yi -

Yushania wuyishanensis Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang -

Yushania xizangensis T.P.Yi -

Yushania yadongensis T.P.Yi -

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