Yushania

Taxobox

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image_width = 260px
image_caption = Bamboo on Mount Kenya
name = "Yushania"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Bambusoideae
supertribus = Bambusodae
tribus = Bambuseae
subtribus = Arundinariinae
genus = "Yushania"
genus_authority = Keng f.
type_species = "Y. niitakayamensis" Keng f.cite web
url = http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=19278-1
title = "Yushania" Keng f.
accessdate = 2008-05-08
date = 1957
format = HTML
work = Index Nominum Genericorum
publisher = International Association for Plant Taxonomy]
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
synonyms = "Burmabambus" Keng f. "Butania" Keng f.cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?17053
title = Genus: "Yushania" Keng f.
accessdate = 2008-05-08
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 2004-03-17
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ]

"Yushania" is a genus of bamboo always of the family Poaceae and now of the woody bamboo tribe Bambuseae and the supertribe Bambusodae which have both been experiencing many name changes.cite web
url = http://www.americanbamboo.org/SpeciesSourceList.html
title = Species Source List Number 27
accessdate = 2008-05-08
last = Evans
first = Ralph
coauthors = Chris Stapleton
date = Spring, 2007
format = HTML
publisher = American Bamboo Society] The species of "Yushania" are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos that grow natively in the Himalayan, African and Taiwanese mountains at moderate to high altitudes, 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.cite web
url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=54488
title = "Sinarundinaria alpina" (K.Schum.) C.S.Chao & Renvoize record n° 54488
accessdate = 2008-05-08
format = HTML
work = African Plants Database
publisher = South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica ]

"Yushania" is also a species which is popular to cultivate.

elected species

*"Yushania alpina" (K. Schum.) W. C. Lin -- African alpine bamboo.
*"Yushania anceps" (Mitford) Lin (OHRN) -- African bamboo, Jaunsar bamboo
*"Yushania basihirsuta" (McClure) Z. P. Wang & G. H. Ye -- Hirsute chinacane
*"Yushania brevipaniculata" (Hand.-Mazz.) T. P. Yi
*"Yushania chungii" (Keng) Z. P. Wang & G. H. Ye -- Large arrow bamboo.
*"Yushania glauca" T. P. Yi & T. L. Long
*"Yushania hirsuta" (Munro) R. B. Majumdar
*"Yushania levigata" T. P. Yi
*"Yushania lineolata" T. P. Yi
*"Yushania maling" (Gamble) R. B. Majumdar
*"Yushania microphylla" (Munro) R. B. Majumdar
*"Yushania niitakayamensis" (Hayata) Keng f. -- Niitakayama cane, Yushan cane, Yushan Mountain canecite web
url = http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Yushania.html
title = Sorting Yushania names
accessdate = 2008-05-08
last = Porcher
first = Michel H.
coauthors = Prof. Snow Barlow
date = 2001-03-01
format = HTML
work = MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE
publisher = The University of Melbourne]

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