Yushania

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::summary Genus of grasses ::

|image = Bamboo zone.jpg |image_caption = Bamboo on Mount Kenya |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Yushania |authority = Keng f. |type_species = Y. niitakayamensis |type_species_authority = Keng f. |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =

• Burmabambus Keng f.
• Butania Keng f.
• Monospatha W.T.Lin

Yushania is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.

Recent classification systems place Yushania in the tribe Arundinarieae.

The species of Yushania are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chinese, 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 by some.{{cite web |url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=54488 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130101134056/http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=54488 |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 1, 2013 |title = Sinarundinaria alpina (K.Schum.) C.S.Chao & Renvoize record n° 54488 |access-date = September 10, 2009 |work = African Plants Database |publisher = South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica

Some species of Yushania are popular to cultivate.

;Species

1. Yushania addingtonii Demoly, 2006; 300–450 cm long
2. Yushania ailuropodina T.P.Yi
3. Yushania anceps – (Mitford) W.C.Lin – ringal
4. Yushania andropogonoides (Hand.-Mazz.) T.P.Yi
5. Yushania auctiaurita T.P.Yi
6. Yushania aztecorum – McClure & E.W.Sm.
7. Yushania baishanzuensis – Z.P.Wang & G.H.Le
8. Yushania basihirsuta (McClure) Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye – Hirsute chinacane
9. Yushania bojieiana – T.P.Yi
10. Yushania boliana – Demoly
11. Yushania brevipaniculata – (McClure) T.P.Yi
12. Yushania brevis – T.P.Yi
13. Yushania canoviridis – Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye
14. Yushania cartilaginea – T.H.Wen
15. Yushania cava – T.P.Yi
16. Yushania chingii – T.P.Yi
17. Yushania chungii – Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye – Large arrow bamboo
18. Yushania collina – T.P.Yi
19. Yushania complanata – T.P.Yi
20. Yushania confusa – (McClure) Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye
21. Yushania crassicollis – T.P.Yi
22. Yushania crispata – T.P.Yi
23. Yushania dafengdingensis – T.P.Yi
24. Yushania elegans – (Kurz) R.B.Majumdar
25. Yushania elevata – T.P.Yi
26. Yushania exilis – T.P.Yi
27. Yushania falcatiaurita – Hsueh & T.P.Yi
28. Yushania farcticaulis – T.P.Yi
29. Yushania farinosa – Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye
30. Yushania flexa – T.P.Yi
31. Yushania gigantea T.P. Yi & L. Yang, 2014; 600–700 cm long.
32. Yushania glandulosa – Hsueh & T.P.Yi
33. Yushania glauca – T.P.Yi & T.L.Long
34. Yushania grammata – T.P.Yi
35. Yushania hirsuta – (Munro) R.B.Majumdar
36. Yushania hirticaulis – Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye
37. Yushania lacera – Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang
38. Yushania laetevirens – T.P.Yi
39. Yushania levigata – T.P.Yi
40. Yushania lineolata – T.P.Yi
41. Yushania longiaurita – Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang
42. Yushania longiuscula – T.P.Yi
43. Yushania mabianensis – T.P.Yi
44. Yushania maculata – T.P.Yi
45. Yushania maling – (Gamble) R.B.Majumdar
46. Yushania menghaiensis – T.P.Yi
47. Yushania microphylla – (Munro) R.B.Majumdar
48. Yushania mitis – T.P.Yi
49. Yushania multiramea – T.P.Yi
50. Yushania niitakayamensis – (Hayata) Keng f. – Niitakayama cane, Yushan cane, Yushan Mountain cane
51. Yushania oblonga – T.P.Yi
52. Yushania pachyclada – T.P.Yi
53. Yushania pauciramificans – T.P.Yi
54. Yushania polytricha – Hsueh & T.P.Yi
55. Yushania punctulata – T.P.Yi
56. Yushania qiaojiaensis – Hsueh & T.P.Yi
57. Yushania rugosa – T.P.Yi
58. Yushania straminea – T.P.Yi
59. Yushania suijangensis – T.P.Yi
60. Yushania uniramosa – Hsueh & T.P.Yi
61. Yushania varians – T.P.Yi
62. Yushania vigens – T.P.Yi
63. Yushania violascens – (Keng) T.P.Yi
64. Yushania weixiensis – T.P.Yi
65. Yushania wuyishanensis – Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang
66. Yushania xizangensis – T.P.Yi
67. Yushania yadongensis - T.P.Yi

;Formerly included see Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Fargesia Gelidocalamus Otatea Pseudosasa Sarocalamus

• Yushania acuminata – Otatea acuminata
• Yushania adpressa – Fargesia adpressa
• Yushania alpina — Oldeania alpina
• Yushania aztecorum – Otatea aztecorum
• Yushania baviensis – Chimonocalamus baviensis
• Yushania communis – Fargesia communis
• Yushania contracta – Fargesia contracta
• Yushania dura – Fargesia dura
• Yushania edulis – Fargesia edulis
• Yushania ferax – Fargesia ferax
• Yushania frigidis – Fargesia frigidis
• Yushania fungosa – Fargesia fungosa
• Yushania gongshanensis – Fargesia gongshanensis
• Yushania grossa – Fargesia grossa
• Yushania hainanensis – Fargesia hainanensis
• Yushania hsuehiana – Fargesia hsuehiana
• Yushania humilis – Pseudosasa humilis
• Yushania lanshanensis – Pseudosasa pubiflora
• Yushania lushuiensis – Fargesia lushuiensis
• Yushania macclureana – Fargesia macclureana
• Yushania mairei – Fargesia mairei
• Yushania monophylla – Gelidocalamus stellatus
• Yushania papyrifera – Fargesia papyrifera
• Yushania polystachya – Drepanostachyum polystachyum
• Yushania racemosa – Sarocalamus racemosus
• Yushania scabrida – Fargesia scabrida
• Yushania ungulata – Fargesia ungulata
• Yushania vicina – Fargesia vicina
• Yushania yunnanensis – Fargesia yunnanensis

References

References

1. "''Yushania'' Keng f.". [[International Plant Names Index.
2. (March 23, 2001). "Genus: ''Yushania'' Keng f.". [[United States Department of Agriculture.
3. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=450216 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
4. Keng, Pai Chieh. 1957. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 6(4): 355–356
5. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027977 Tropicos, ''Yushania'' Keng f.]
6. (2017). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution.
7. Ralph Evans. (Spring 2007). "Species Source List Number 27". American Bamboo Society.
8. (October 2010). "Genus Yushania". Catalogue of Life China: 2008 Annual Checklist and China The Biodiversity Committee of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]].
9. Michel H. Porcher. (2001-03-01). "Sorting Yushania names". The [[University of Melbourne]].
10. "Species Records of Yushania". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
11. [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=77078441-1 IPNI Yushania addingtonii Demoly]
12. [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp11238.htm RBG Kew Yushania addingtonii]
13. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100449593 Tropicos Yushania gigantea T.P. Yi & L. Yang, 2014]
14. [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp11691.htm RBG Kew Yushania gigantea]

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