Chusquea

185 Species

Bamboo species of the genus Chusquea are mountain clumping bamboos native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Unlike most other bamboos, the stems of Chusquea species are solid, not hollow.

Chusquea Species List

SpeciesOriginDiameterHeight
Chusquea abietifoliaCuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago⇑ 7 m
Chusquea acuminataBrazil Southeast
Chusquea acuminatissimaColombia, Venezuela⇑ 2 m
Chusquea albilanataColombia, Ecuador∅ 15 mm  ⇑ 5 m
Chusquea amistadensisCosta Rica, Panama∅ 20 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea andinaChile Central, Chile South⇑ 1 m
Chusquea anelythraBrazil Southeast∅ 4 mm
Chusquea anelythroidesBrazil Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea angustaColombia, Guyana, Venezuela⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea angustifoliaColombia, Venezuela∅ 5 mm⇑ 1 m
Chusquea annagardneriaeEcuador∅ 11 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea antioquensisColombia∅ 55 mm⇑ 15 m
Chusquea apertaMexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest∅ 10 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea arachniformisColombia∅ 5 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea argentinaArgentina South, Chile Central, Chile South∅ 4 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea aristataColombia, Ecuador, Peru∅ 10 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea asperaPeru⇑ 15 m
Chusquea asymmetricaBolivia, Ecuador, Peru∅ 7 mm⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea attenuataBrazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea aureaVenezuela
Chusquea baculiferaBrazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea bahianaBrazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast∅ 18 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea bambusoidesBrazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 6 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea barbataPeru∅ 2 mm
Chusquea bilimekiiMexico Central, Mexico Gulf∅ 30 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea bradeiBrazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea caparaoensisBrazil Southeast∅ 25 mm⇑ 4,5 m
Chusquea capitataBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 7 mm
Chusquea capitulifloraBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 5 mm
Chusquea ciliataChile Central⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea ciliatifoliaBrazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
Chusquea circinataMexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest∅ 25 mm⇑ 7 m
Chusquea clarkiaeColombia
Chusquea clemiraeBrazil Northeast
Chusquea coronalisCosta Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua∅ 20 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea cortesiiGuatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Chusquea costaricensisCosta Rica
Chusquea culeouArgentina South, Chile Central, Chile South∅ 30 mm⇑ 8 m
Chusquea cumingiiChile Central⇑ 3 m
Chusquea cylindricaTrinidad-Tobago⇑ 2 m
Chusquea decolorataPeru∅ 3 mm
Chusquea deficiensArgentina Northwest, Bolivia∅ 8 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea deflexaEl Salvador, Honduras∅ 8 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea delicatulaBolivia, Peru∅ 4 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea depauperataBolivia, Peru∅ 5 mm⇑ 1,3 m
Chusquea diversiglumisBrazil North, Venezuela⇑ 1 m
Chusquea dombeyanaColombia, Ecuador, Peru∅ 5 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea eglumaArgentina Northwest
Chusquea elataEcuador⇑ 15 m
Chusquea enigmaticaMexico Gulf
Chusquea erectaBrazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea exasperataEcuador, Peru∅ 25 mm⇑ 12 m
Chusquea falcataEcuador∅ 15 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea fasciculataBrazil Southeast
Chusquea fendleriVenezuela∅ 20 mm⇑ 8 m
Chusquea fernandezianaChile Central, Juan Fernández Is.⇑ 3 m
Chusquea fimbriligulataColombia, Ecuador, Peru∅ 18 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea floribundaArgentina Northwest, Bolivia
Chusquea foliosaCosta Rica, Panama∅ 50 mm⇑ 20 m
Chusquea fruticosaBrazil Southeast
Chusquea galeottianaMexico Southwest∅ 15 mm⇑ 15 m
Chusquea gibcooperiMexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
Chusquea giganteaChile Central
Chusquea glaucaMexico Gulf∅ 10 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea glomerataColombia, Venezuela∅ 8 mm⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea gouveiensisBrazil Southeast
Chusquea gracilisBrazil South∅ 18 mm
Chusquea grandifloraColombia, Panama⇑ 18 m
Chusquea guirigayensisVenezuela∅ 5 mm⇑ 0,8 m
Chusquea hatschbachiiBrazil South∅ 6 mm⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea heterophyllaBrazil Southeast∅ 15 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea huantensisPeru⇑ 5 m
Chusquea ibiramaeBrazil South, Brazil Southeast
Chusquea imbricataBrazil Southeast
Chusquea inamoenaPeru⇑ 9 m
Chusquea juergensiiArgentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay∅ 15 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea kleiniiBrazil South
Chusquea laegaardiiBolivia, Ecuador∅ 6 mm⇑ 0,8 m
Chusquea lanceolataGuatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast∅ 20 mm⇑ 8 m
Chusquea latifoliaColombia∅ 15 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea lehmanniiColombia, Ecuador∅ 45 mm⇑ 6m
Chusquea leonardiorumEcuador∅ 25 mm⇑ 5 m
Chusquea leptophyllaBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 2 mm
Chusquea liebmanniiCosta Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua∅ 25 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea ligulataColombia
Chusquea linearisVenezuela to Guyana and Brazil∅ 4 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea londoniaeColombia, Ecuador∅ 20 mm⇑ 9 m
Chusquea longifoliaGuatemala, Mexico Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea longiligulataCosta Rica∅ 30 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea longipedicellataPeru
Chusquea longipendulaBolivia⇑ 12 m
Chusquea longiprophyllaColombia∅ 15 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea longispiculataBrazil Southeast
Chusquea lorentzianaArgentina Northwest, Bolivia∅ 15 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea loxensisEcuador∅ 5 mm⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea maclureiEcuador∅ 25 mm ⇑ 8 m
Chusquea macrostachyaChile South
Chusquea maculataColombia, Venezuela∅ 30 mm⇑ 12 m
Chusquea magnifoliaBrazil North, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela⇑ 6 m
Chusquea matlatzincaMexico Southwest
Chusquea mayraeCosta Rica∅ 5 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea meyerianaBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 50 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea microphyllaBrazil Southeast∅ 5 mm⇑ 1 m
Chusquea mimosaBrazil South∅ 25 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea mirabilisBrazil Northeast
Chusquea mollisColombia, Venezuela⇑ 4,5 m
Chusquea montanaArgentina South, Chile Central, Chile South⇑ 3 m
Chusquea mulleriMexico Gulf⇑ 9 m
Chusquea multirameaVenezuela
Chusquea nanaEcuador∅ 4 mm⇑ 1,3 m
Chusquea nedjaquithiiMexico Southwest
Chusquea nelsoniiMexico Southwest∅ 10 mm⇑ 5 m
Chusquea neurophyllaEcuador, Peru∅ 4 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea nobilisColombia, Ecuador⇑ 3 m
Chusquea nudirameaBrazil South∅ 12 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea nutansBrazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast∅ 15 mm⇑ 5 m
Chusquea oligophyllaBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 5 mm
Chusquea ovatifoliaBolivia
Chusquea oxylepisBrazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 5 m
Chusquea pallidaColombia, Venezuela⇑ 9 m
Chusquea paludicolaCosta Rica∅ 8 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea parodiiBolivia
Chusquea patensCosta Rica, Panama∅ 40 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea paucispiculataBolivia, Peru
Chusquea perligulataEcuador
Chusquea perotensisMexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest∅ 50 mm⇑ 15 m
Chusquea peruvianaBolivia, Peru∅ 10 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea petiolataColombia∅ 15 mm⇑ 4 m
Chusquea pictaBolivia, Peru
Chusquea pinifoliaBrazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea pittieriCosta Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panama∅ 40 mm⇑ 15 m
Chusquea pohliiCosta Rica, Panama∅ 30 mm⇑ 15 m
Chusquea polycladosPeru⇑ 6 m
Chusquea pulchellaBrazil Southeast∅ 3 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea purdieanaColombia, Venezuela
Chusquea quilaChile Central, Chile South⇑ 20 m
Chusquea ramosissimaArgentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay, Uruguay∅ 15 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea renvoizeiBolivia∅ 2 mm⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea repensMexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest∅ 3 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea rigidaEcuador∅ 8 mm⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea riosaltensisBrazil Southeast∅ 15 mm⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea rugoloanaPeru
Chusquea scabraCosta Rica, Panama∅ 30 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea scandensBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru∅ 25 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea sclerophyllaBrazil Southeast∅ 4 mm
Chusquea sellowiiBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 3 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea septentrionalisMexico Northeast
Chusquea serpensColombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela∅ 10 mm⇑ 20 m
Chusquea serrulataColombia, Ecuador
Chusquea silverstoneiColombia∅ 4 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea simplicifloraColombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela∅ 10 mm⇑ 25 m
Chusquea simplicissimaPeru
Chusquea smithiiPeru∅ 2 mm⇑ 1 m
Chusquea sneiderniiColombia∅ 40 mm⇑ 16 m
Chusquea spadiceaColombia
Chusquea spathaceaColombia∅ 10 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea spectabilisColombia, Ecuador, Venezuela⇑ 8 m
Chusquea spenceiColombia, Venezuela∅ 40 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea spicataBolivia, Peru∅ 5 mm⇑ 0,5 m
Chusquea stramineaPeru
Chusquea stuebeliiColombia, Ecuador⇑ 4 m
Chusquea subtessellataCosta Rica, Panama∅ 13 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea subtilisCosta Rica∅ 30 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea subulataColombia, Ecuador∅ 80 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea sulcataCosta Rica, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest∅ 20 mm⇑ 5 m
Chusquea talamancensisCosta Rica∅ 38 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea tarmensisPeru⇑ 4 m
Chusquea tenellaArgentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay∅ 4 mm
Chusquea tenuiglumisBrazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 7 mm⇑ 8 m
Chusquea tessellataColombia, Ecuador, Venezuela∅ 10 mm⇑ 3 m
Chusquea tomentosaCosta Rica∅ 40 mm⇑ 9 m
Chusquea tonduziiCosta Rica∅ 35 mm⇑ 20 m
Chusquea tovariiEcuador, Peru⇑ 4 m
Chusquea tuberculosaColombia∅ 7 mm
Chusquea uliginosaChile Central, Chile South∅ 7 mm⇑ 2 m
Chusquea unifloraColombia, Ecuador, Peru∅ 25 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea urelytraBrazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast∅ 10 mm⇑ 6 m
Chusquea valdiviensisArgentina South, Chile Central, Chile South⇑ 10 m
Chusquea villosaEcuador∅ 4 mm⇑ 1,2 m
Chusquea virgataCosta Rica, Panama∅ 10 mm⇑ 7 m
Chusquea vulcanalisCosta Rica, Panama∅ 25 mm⇑ 10 m
Chusquea weberbaueriPeru
Chusquea wilkesiiBrazil Southeast
Chusquea windischiiBrazil South∅ 10 mm⇑ 1 m
Chusquea yungasensisBolivia

Source: Kew Science


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