Chusquea

Type: Chusquea scandens Kunth, 1822, nom. cons.

Synonyms: Neurolepis Meisn., 1843; Platonia Kunth, 1829, nom. illeg.; Rettbergia Raddi, 1823; Swallenochloa McClure, 1973.

Suprageneric classification: subtribe Chusqueinae Soderstr. & R. P. Ellis, 1988; tribe Bambuseae Kunth ex Dumort., 1829; subfamily Bambusoideae Luerss., 1893; family Poaceae Barnhart, 1895 (nom. alt.: Gramineae Juss., 1789); superorder Lilianae Takht., 1967; order Poales Small, 1903. — Soreng & al., 2017 [#1252b].

Main references: E. Ruiz-Sánchez & al., Bot. Sci. 99 (2), 2021: 204, 211 [#1356].

Comments: Species of Chusquea are mountain bamboos native to the Americas. Few species can grow under the hotter and wetter tropical climates like those in Chiang Mai, Thailand (elevation 300 m), and it would be more promising to test Chusquea species for their climatic adaptability in mountainous regions of Thailand above 1,000 m altitude. Further reading on hardy Chusquea: Gib Cooper, 2007.