Chusqueinae (Subtribe)

Overview

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The Chusqueinae is a of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). It comprises 2 genera.

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Taxonomy

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The Subtribe Chusqueinae is a member of the Tribe Bambuseae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Chusqueinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Liliopsida Scopoli, 1760 - Monocotyledons
        Subclass: Commelinidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Poanae (Small, 1903) Takhtajan, 1997 Ex Reveal & Doweld, 1999
        Order: Poales Small, 1903
        Family: Poaceae (poh-AY-see-ee) (R. Brown) Barnhart, 1895
        Subfamily: Bambusoideae
        Tribe: Bambuseae
        Subtribe: Chusqueinae

The Subtribe Chusqueinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (1): Neurolepis
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subtribe Chusqueinae.

Genera

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Neurolepis

Neurolepis is a of bamboo. It has 9 species, found in South America (from Venezuela to Peru). It is one of two genera in the subtribe Chusqueinae, the other being Chusquea; unlike that genus the stems of Neurolepis are hollow, like other bamboos. Many of the species are running, rather than clumping, bamboos, and are found cascading down hillsides. [more]

At least 26 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Neurolepis.

More info about the Genus Neurolepis may be found here.

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