''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

.Tropicos, ''Yushania'' Keng f.
/ref> Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe

Arundinarieae Arundinarieae is a tribe of bamboo in the grass family (Poaceae) containing a single subtribe, Arundinariinae, and 31 genera. These woody bamboos occur in areas with warm temperate climates in southeastern North America, Subsaharan Africa, South ...

. The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African,

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

, and Southeast Asian mountains at moderate to high altitudes, up to 3000 m. ''Yushania'' contains species formerly classified as members of '' Arundinaria,'' as well as one species that is still considered to be a ''

Sinarundinaria ''Chimonocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. It is native to China, the eastern Himalayas, and northern Indochina. Some of the species are aromatic and grown as ornamental plants. ;Species ;Formerly included see ''Chimon ...

'' by some. Some species of ''Yushania'' are popular to cultivate. ;Species ;Formerly included see ''

Chimonocalamus ''Chimonocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. It is native to China, the eastern Himalayas, and northern Indochina. Some of the species are aromatic and grown as ornamental plants. ;Species ;Formerly included see ''Chim ...

Drepanostachyum ''Drepanostachyum'' is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family. They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian Subcontinent. Taxonomy The differences between this genus and ''Himalayacalamus'' are subt ...

Fargesia

Gelidocalamus ''Gelidocalamus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized bamboos in the grass family, native primarily to the mountains of eastern China, although one species ''( G. kunishii)'' is native to Taiwan and to the Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) region i ...

Otatea ''Otatea,'' called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.Ruiz-Sanchez, E., V. Sosa, M. T. Mejía-Saules, X. Londoño & L. G. Clark. 2011. A taxonomic revision of ''Ota ...

Pseudosasa Sarocalamus''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2700752 Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera