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

Species	Origin	Diameter	Height
Chusquea abietifolia	Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago		⇑ 7 m
Chusquea acuminata	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea acuminatissima	Colombia, Venezuela		⇑ 2 m
Chusquea albilanata	Colombia, Ecuador	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 5 m
Chusquea amistadensis	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea andina	Chile Central, Chile South		⇑ 1 m
Chusquea anelythra	Brazil Southeast	∅ 4 mm
Chusquea anelythroides	Brazil Southeast	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea angusta	Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela		⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea angustifolia	Colombia, Venezuela	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 1 m
Chusquea annagardneriae	Ecuador	∅ 11 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea antioquensis	Colombia	∅ 55 mm	⇑ 15 m
Chusquea aperta	Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea arachniformis	Colombia	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea argentina	Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea aristata	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea aspera	Peru		⇑ 15 m
Chusquea asymmetrica	Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru	∅ 7 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea attenuata	Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea aurea	Venezuela
Chusquea baculifera	Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea bahiana	Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast	∅ 18 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea bambusoides	Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 6 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea barbata	Peru	∅ 2 mm
Chusquea bilimekii	Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea bradei	Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea caparaoensis	Brazil Southeast	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 4,5 m
Chusquea capitata	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 7 mm
Chusquea capituliflora	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 5 mm
Chusquea ciliata	Chile Central		⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea ciliatifolia	Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
Chusquea circinata	Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 7 m
Chusquea clarkiae	Colombia
Chusquea clemirae	Brazil Northeast
Chusquea coronalis	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea cortesii	Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Chusquea costaricensis	Costa Rica
Chusquea culeou	Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 8 m
Chusquea cumingii	Chile Central		⇑ 3 m
Chusquea cylindrica	Trinidad-Tobago		⇑ 2 m
Chusquea decolorata	Peru	∅ 3 mm
Chusquea deficiens	Argentina Northwest, Bolivia	∅ 8 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea deflexa	El Salvador, Honduras	∅ 8 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea delicatula	Bolivia, Peru	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea depauperata	Bolivia, Peru	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 1,3 m
Chusquea diversiglumis	Brazil North, Venezuela		⇑ 1 m
Chusquea dombeyana	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea egluma	Argentina Northwest
Chusquea elata	Ecuador		⇑ 15 m
Chusquea enigmatica	Mexico Gulf
Chusquea erecta	Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea exasperata	Ecuador, Peru	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 12 m
Chusquea falcata	Ecuador	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea fasciculata	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea fendleri	Venezuela	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 8 m
Chusquea fernandeziana	Chile Central, Juan Fernández Is.		⇑ 3 m
Chusquea fimbriligulata	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	∅ 18 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea floribunda	Argentina Northwest, Bolivia
Chusquea foliosa	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 20 m
Chusquea fruticosa	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea galeottiana	Mexico Southwest	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 15 m
Chusquea gibcooperi	Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
Chusquea gigantea	Chile Central
Chusquea glauca	Mexico Gulf	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea glomerata	Colombia, Venezuela	∅ 8 mm	⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea gouveiensis	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea gracilis	Brazil South	∅ 18 mm
Chusquea grandiflora	Colombia, Panama		⇑ 18 m
Chusquea guirigayensis	Venezuela	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 0,8 m
Chusquea hatschbachii	Brazil South	∅ 6 mm	⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea heterophylla	Brazil Southeast	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea huantensis	Peru		⇑ 5 m
Chusquea ibiramae	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
Chusquea imbricata	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea inamoena	Peru		⇑ 9 m
Chusquea juergensii	Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea kleinii	Brazil South
Chusquea laegaardii	Bolivia, Ecuador	∅ 6 mm	⇑ 0,8 m
Chusquea lanceolata	Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 8 m
Chusquea latifolia	Colombia	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea lehmannii	Colombia, Ecuador	∅ 45 mm	⇑ 6m
Chusquea leonardiorum	Ecuador	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 5 m
Chusquea leptophylla	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 2 mm
Chusquea liebmannii	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea ligulata	Colombia
Chusquea linearis	Venezuela to Guyana and Brazil	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea londoniae	Colombia, Ecuador	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 9 m
Chusquea longifolia	Guatemala, Mexico Southeast	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea longiligulata	Costa Rica	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea longipedicellata	Peru
Chusquea longipendula	Bolivia		⇑ 12 m
Chusquea longiprophylla	Colombia	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea longispiculata	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea lorentziana	Argentina Northwest, Bolivia	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea loxensis	Ecuador	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea maclurei	Ecuador	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 8 m
Chusquea macrostachya	Chile South
Chusquea maculata	Colombia, Venezuela	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 12 m
Chusquea magnifolia	Brazil North, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela		⇑ 6 m
Chusquea matlatzinca	Mexico Southwest
Chusquea mayrae	Costa Rica	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea meyeriana	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea microphylla	Brazil Southeast	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 1 m
Chusquea mimosa	Brazil South	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea mirabilis	Brazil Northeast
Chusquea mollis	Colombia, Venezuela		⇑ 4,5 m
Chusquea montana	Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South		⇑ 3 m
Chusquea mulleri	Mexico Gulf		⇑ 9 m
Chusquea multiramea	Venezuela
Chusquea nana	Ecuador	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 1,3 m
Chusquea nedjaquithii	Mexico Southwest
Chusquea nelsonii	Mexico Southwest	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 5 m
Chusquea neurophylla	Ecuador, Peru	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea nobilis	Colombia, Ecuador		⇑ 3 m
Chusquea nudiramea	Brazil South	∅ 12 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea nutans	Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 5 m
Chusquea oligophylla	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 5 mm
Chusquea ovatifolia	Bolivia
Chusquea oxylepis	Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 5 m
Chusquea pallida	Colombia, Venezuela		⇑ 9 m
Chusquea paludicola	Costa Rica	∅ 8 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea parodii	Bolivia
Chusquea patens	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea paucispiculata	Bolivia, Peru
Chusquea perligulata	Ecuador
Chusquea perotensis	Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 15 m
Chusquea peruviana	Bolivia, Peru	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea petiolata	Colombia	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 4 m
Chusquea picta	Bolivia, Peru
Chusquea pinifolia	Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea pittieri	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panama	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 15 m
Chusquea pohlii	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 15 m
Chusquea polyclados	Peru		⇑ 6 m
Chusquea pulchella	Brazil Southeast	∅ 3 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea purdieana	Colombia, Venezuela
Chusquea quila	Chile Central, Chile South		⇑ 20 m
Chusquea ramosissima	Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay, Uruguay	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea renvoizei	Bolivia	∅ 2 mm	⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea repens	Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest	∅ 3 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea rigida	Ecuador	∅ 8 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Chusquea riosaltensis	Brazil Southeast	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 1,5 m
Chusquea rugoloana	Peru
Chusquea scabra	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea scandens	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea sclerophylla	Brazil Southeast	∅ 4 mm
Chusquea sellowii	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 3 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea septentrionalis	Mexico Northeast
Chusquea serpens	Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 20 m
Chusquea serrulata	Colombia, Ecuador
Chusquea silverstonei	Colombia	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea simpliciflora	Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 25 m
Chusquea simplicissima	Peru
Chusquea smithii	Peru	∅ 2 mm	⇑ 1 m
Chusquea sneidernii	Colombia	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 16 m
Chusquea spadicea	Colombia
Chusquea spathacea	Colombia	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea spectabilis	Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela		⇑ 8 m
Chusquea spencei	Colombia, Venezuela	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea spicata	Bolivia, Peru	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 0,5 m
Chusquea straminea	Peru
Chusquea stuebelii	Colombia, Ecuador		⇑ 4 m
Chusquea subtessellata	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 13 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea subtilis	Costa Rica	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea subulata	Colombia, Ecuador	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea sulcata	Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Chusquea talamancensis	Costa Rica	∅ 38 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea tarmensis	Peru		⇑ 4 m
Chusquea tenella	Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay	∅ 4 mm
Chusquea tenuiglumis	Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 7 mm	⇑ 8 m
Chusquea tessellata	Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3 m
Chusquea tomentosa	Costa Rica	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 9 m
Chusquea tonduzii	Costa Rica	∅ 35 mm	⇑ 20 m
Chusquea tovarii	Ecuador, Peru		⇑ 4 m
Chusquea tuberculosa	Colombia	∅ 7 mm
Chusquea uliginosa	Chile Central, Chile South	∅ 7 mm	⇑ 2 m
Chusquea uniflora	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea urelytra	Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 6 m
Chusquea valdiviensis	Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South		⇑ 10 m
Chusquea villosa	Ecuador	∅ 4 mm	⇑ 1,2 m
Chusquea virgata	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 7 m
Chusquea vulcanalis	Costa Rica, Panama	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 10 m
Chusquea weberbaueri	Peru
Chusquea wilkesii	Brazil Southeast
Chusquea windischii	Brazil South	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 1 m
Chusquea yungasensis	Bolivia

Source: Kew Science

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