Guadua

Guadua
	Guadua angustifolia
Systematics
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Bamboo (Bambusoideae)
Tribe :	Bambuseae
Sub tribus :	Guaduinae
Genre :	Guadua
Scientific name
	Guadua
	Kunth

Guadua is the most biodiverse and most important bamboo genus in Central and South America.

description

Guadua species form clumps and not runners . They are the largest bamboos found in America.

distribution

The genus comes from the tropics of Latin America ( Neotropic ), from Brazil to southern Mexico. Its main distribution area is low altitudes below 1500 m around the Amazon and the Orinoco . However, some species are found up to heights of 2500 m. The most widespread is Guadua angustifolia , a type of bamboo that is also used economically, particularly in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

use

Guadua straws are used as building material for houses, furniture and bridges , especially in Colombia and Ecuador .

Guadua chacoensis

Guadua paniculata

Guadua trinii

species

The genus Guadua Kunth consists of about 33 species:

Guadua aculeata E. Fourn. : Mexico to Panama.
Guadua amplexifolia J.Presl : Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad.
Guadua bamboo ( Guadua angustifolia Kunth , Syn .: Guadua intermedia Rupr. Ex E. Fourn. , Bambusa guadua Bonpl. ): Venezuela to northern Peru, Trinidad.
Guadua calderoniana Londoño & Judz. : Brazil.
Guadua chacoensis (Rojas) Londoño & PMPeterson : Bolivia to southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
Guadua chaparensis Londoño & Zurita : Bolivia.
Guadua ciliata Londoño & Davidse : Venezuela to northern Brazil.
Guadua glomerata Munro : Tropical South America.
Guadua incana Londoño : Colombia.
Guadua inermis E. Fourn. : Mexico.
Guadua latifolia (Bonpl.) Kunth (Syn .: Guadua fascicularis Döll ): Trinidad to northern South America.
Guadua longifolia (E. Fourn.) RWPohl : Southern Mexico to Nicaragua.
Guadua lynnclarkiae Londoño : Peru.
Guadua maclurei R.W. Pohl & Davidse : Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.
Guadua macrospiculata Londoño & LGClark : Colombia and northern Brazil.
Guadua macrostachya Rupr. (Syn .: Guadua dioica Steud. ): French Guiana to northern Brazil.
Guadua maculosa (Hack.) EGCamus : Northern Brazil.
Guadua magna Londoño & Filg. : Brazil.
Guadua paniculata Munro : Southern Mexico to tropical South America.
Guadua paraguayana Döll : Bolivia to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeast Argentina.
Guadua refracta Munro : Central and southeastern Brazil.
Guadua sarcocarpa Londoño & PMPeterson (with edible sprouts): Peru to Bolivia and northern Brazil.
Guadua superba Huber (Syn .: Guadua tessmannii Pilg. ): Tropical South America.
Guadua tagoara Nees ex Rupr. (Syn .: Guadua distorta (Nees) Rupr. , Guadua glaziovii (Hack.) EGCamus ): Eastern and southern Brazil to Argentina.
Guadua takahashiae Londoño : Peru.
Guadua trinii (Nees) Rupr. (Syn .: Guadua tomentosa Hack. & Lindm. ): Southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina.
Guadua tuxtlensis Londoño & Ruiz-Sanchez : Mexico.
Guadua uncinata Londoño & LGClark : Colombia and Ecuador.
Guadua variegata Lizarazu : Argentina.
Guadua velutina Londoño & LGClark : Mexico.
Guadua venezuelae Munro : Venezuela.
Guadua virgata (Trin.) Rupr. : Brazil.
Guadua weberbaueri pilgrimage. : Western South America to Northern Brazil.

No longer part of Guadua :

Guadua capitata (Trin.) Munro => Eremocaulon capitatum (Trin.) Londoño
Guadua exaltata Döll => Arthrostylidium longiflorum Munro
Guadua flabellata E. Fourn. => Chusquea bilimekii E. Fourn .
Guadua perligulata Pilg. => Chusquea perligulata (Pilg.) McClure

literature

W. Liese: Guadua in Colombia . In: Bamboo Journal . tape 16 , no. 1 , 2005, p. 4-6 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Guadua. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 24, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Guadua - collection of images, videos and audio files

[WCSP-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Guadua. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 24, 2018.