Chusquea facts for kids
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| Chusquea quila | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Supertribe: | Bambusodae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Chusqueinae |
| Genus: | Chusquea Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Chusquea scandens Kunth
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Chusquea is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the grass family. Most of them are native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina.
They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unlike most other grasses, the stems of these species are solid, not hollow. Some animals are associated with stands of Chusquea, for example the Inca wren and the plushcap.
Notable species
Chusquea culeou, the colihue cane, from southern Chile and western Argentina, is notable as the most frost-tolerant South American bamboo and the only one that has been grown successfully to any extent in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with successful growth as an ornamental plant north to Scotland. The colihue cane was used by the Mapuches Indians to make instruments and as lances during the War of Arauco.
Chusquea quila (in Spanish quila), in contrast to Colihue, has a spreading or vining growth. It prefers wet places and does not grow above 500 metres (1,600 ft), where C. coleou becomes more dominant. Chusquea quila can form pure stands called quilantales. Very few plants can grow under this species.
Taxonomy
The genus Chusquea now includes species formerly classified in Dendragrostis, Rettbergia, Swallenochloa, and Neurolepis. The genus has been organized into three subgenera, subg. Rettbergia, subg. Swallenochloa and subg. Chusquea, although molecular evidence only supports a monophyletic subg. Rettbergia.
- Species
- Chusquea abietifolia
- Chusquea acuminata
- Chusquea albilanata
- Chusquea amistadensis
- Chusquea andina
- Chusquea anelythra
- Chusquea anelytroides
- Chusquea angustifolia
- Chusquea antioquensis
- Chusquea aperta
- Chusquea arachniformis
- Chusquea aristata
- Chusquea aspera
- Chusquea asymmetrica
- Chusquea attenuata
- Chusquea baculifera
- Chusquea bahiana
- Chusquea bambusoides
- Chusquea barbata
- Chusquea bilimekii
- Chusquea bradei
- Chusquea caparaoensis
- Chusquea capitata
- Chusquea capituliflora
- Chusquea ciliata
- Chusquea circinata
- Chusquea cordata
- Chusquea coronalis
- Chusquea costaricensis
- Chusquea culeou
- Chusquea cumingii
- Chusquea cylindrica
- Chusquea decolorata
- Chusquea deficiens
- Chusquea deflexa
- Chusquea delicatula
- Chusquea depauperata
- Chusquea diversiglumis
- Chusquea dombeyana
- Chusquea elata
- Chusquea elegans
- Chusquea erecta
- Chusquea exasperata
- Chusquea falcata
- Chusquea fasciculata
- Chusquea fendleri
- Chusquea fernandeziana
- Chusquea foliosa
- Chusquea galeottiana
- Chusquea gigantea
- Chusquea glauca
- Chusquea glomerata
- Chusquea gracilis
- Chusquea grandiflora
- Chusquea guirigayensis
- Chusquea hatschbackii
- Chusquea heterophylla
- Chusquea huantensis
- Chusquea ibiramae
- Chusquea inamoena
- Chusquea juergensii
- Chusquea laegaardii
- Chusquea lanceolata
- Chusquea latifolia
- Chusquea lehmannii
- Chusquea leonardiorum
- Chusquea leptophylla
- Chusquea liebmannii
- Chusquea ligulata
- Chusquea linearis
- Chusquea londoniae
- Chusquea longifolia
- Chusquea longiligulata
- Chusquea longipendula
- Chusquea longiprophylla
- Chusquea longispiculata
- Chusquea lorentziana
- Chusquea loxensis
- Chusquea maclurei
- Chusquea macrostachya
- Chusquea maculata
- Chusquea magnifolia
- Chusquea meyeriana
- Chusquea microphylla
- Chusquea mimosa
- Chusquea mollis
- Chusquea montana
- Chusquea muelleri
- Chusquea nana
- Chusquea nelsonii
- Chusquea neurophylla
- Chusquea nudiramea
- Chusquea nobilis
- Chusquea nutans
- Chusquea oligophylla
- Chusquea oxylepis
- Chusquea pallida
- Chusquea paludicola
- Chusquea patens
- Chusquea perligulata
- Chusquea perotensis
- Chusquea peruviana
- Chusquea petiolata
- Chusquea picta
- Chusquea pinifolia
- Chusquea pittieri
- Chusquea pohlii
- Chusquea polyclados
- Chusquea pubescens
- Chusquea pubispicula
- Chusquea pulchella
- Chusquea purdieana
- Chusquea quila
- Chusquea ramosissima
- Chusquea renvoizei
- Chusquea repens
- Chusquea rigida
- Chusquea riosaltensis
- Chusquea robusta
- Chusquea scabra
- Chusquea scandens
- Chusquea sclerophylla
- Chusquea sellowii
- Chusquea serpens
- Chusquea serrulata
- Chusquea silverstonei
- Chusquea simpliciflora
- Chusquea smithii
- Chusquea sneidernii
- Chusquea spadicea
- Chusquea spathacea
- Chusquea spectabilis
- Chusquea spencei
- Chusquea spicata
- Chusquea steyermarkii
- Chusquea straminea
- Chusquea subtessellata
- Chusquea subtilis
- Chusquea subulata
- Chusquea sulcata
- Chusquea talamancensis
- Chusquea tarmensis
- Chusquea tenella
- Chusquea tessellata
- Chusquea tomentosa
- Chusquea tonduzii
- Chusquea tovari
- Chusquea tuberculosa
- Chusquea uliginosa
- Chusquea uniflora
- Chusquea urelytra
- Chusquea valdiviensis
- Chusquea villosa
- Chusquea virgata
- Chusquea vulcanalis
- Chusquea wilkesii
- Chusquea windischii
See also
In Spanish: Chusquea para niños
