genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...
in the
grass family
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
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
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of ''Yushania'' are
evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...
, spreading, thornless
bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...
s native to
Himalaya
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n,
Africa
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Southeast Asia
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n mountains at moderate to high
altitude
Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum (geodesy), datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometr ...
s, up to 3000 m.
''Yushania'' contains species formerly classified as members of ''
Arundinaria
''Arundinaria'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family, the members of which are referred to generally as cane. ''Arundinaria'' is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the south ...
,'' as well as one species that is still considered to be a '' Sinarundinaria'' by some.
Some species of ''Yushania'' are popular to cultivate.
;Species
;Formerly included
see '' ChimonocalamusDrepanostachyum
Fargesia
''Fargesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Poaceae, grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names inclu ...
Pseudosasa
''Pseudosasa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family.
These species are small to medium running plants, usually with one branch at a node. Its name comes from its resemblance to the genus ''Sasa (plant), Sasa''. The specie ...
Sarocalamus
''Sarocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family.
;Species
# '' Sarocalamus faberi'' (Rendle) Stapleton – Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou
# '' Sarocalamus racemosus'' (Munro) Stapleton – Tibet, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Bhut ...