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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Yushania''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Poaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Bambusoideae]]
| supertribus = [[Bambusodae]]
| tribus = [[Bambuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Arundinariinae]]
| genus = '''''Yushania'''''
| genus_authority = [[Pai Chieh Keng|Keng f.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Yushania alpina]]'' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''Arundinaria alpina'') - green mountain bamboo
*''[[Yushania anceps]]''
*''[[Yushania brevipaniculata]]''
*''[[Yushania exilis]]''
*''[[Yushania maculata]]''
*''[[Yushania maling]]''
}}
'''''Yushania''''' is a [[genus]] with 6 [[species]] of spreading thornless [[bamboo]]s. They are found in the [[Himalaya]] at moderate to high [[altitude]]s, up to 3000 m but usually lower, and in [[Taiwan]] and [[Africa]]. They are [[evergreen]] and reach 2 to 10 m tall.
Some species, especially ''[[Yushania anceps]]'', is popular as an ornamental plant. This species has one [[cultivar]], 'Pitt White', known for its rapid growth (up to 15 cm per day).
[[Category:Bamboos]]