| Guadua | |
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| Guadua angustifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Guaduinae |
| Genus: | Guadua Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Guadua angustifolia[1][2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Bambusa Mutis ex Caldas 1809, illegitimate homonym not Schreb. 1789 | |
Guadua is a Neotropical genus of thorny, clumping bamboo in the grass family, ranging from moderate to very large species.[4][2][5]
Physically, Guadua angustifolia is noted for being the largest Neotropical bamboo. The genus is similar to Bambusa and is sometimes included in that genus. Several animals are, to a various extent, associated with stands of Guadua bamboo, for example several species of seedeaters, and the Amazon and Atlantic Bamboo Rats.[6]
- ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 203 (1957)
- ^ a b Tropicos, Guadua Kunth
- ^ The International Plant Names Index
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund . 1822. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 95: 150–151 in Latin
- ^ Londoño, X. 2000. Guadua. In E. J. Judziewicz, R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, T. S. Filgueiras & F. O. Zuloaga (eds.) Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 58–62. Smithsonian Institution, Washington
- ^ Filgueiras, T. S. & A. P. Santos-Gonçalves. 2004. A checklist of the basal grasses and bamboos in Brazil (Poaceae). Journal of the American Bamboo Society 18(1): 7–18.