Editing Chusquea (section)

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Chusquea quila.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Chusquea quila]]''
|display_parents = 4
|taxon = Chusquea
|authority = [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]
|type_species = ''[[Chusquea scandens]]'' 
|type_species_authority = [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=t>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451261 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
|synonyms =
* ''Rettbergia'' <small>Raddi</small> 
* ''Platonia'' <small>Kunth, 1829, rejected homonym not Mart. 1832 ([[Clusiaceae]]) nor Raf. 1808 ([[Verbenaceae]]) nor Raf. 1810 ([[Cistaceae]])</small><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Platonia&commonname= Tropicos search for ''Platonia'']</ref>
* ''Dendragrostis'' <small>Nees</small> 
* ''Neurolepis'' <small>[[Carl Meissner|Meisn.]]</small> 
* ''Coliquea'' <small>Steud. ex Bibra</small> 
* ''Planotia'' <small>Munro</small> 
* ''Swallenochloa'' <small>McClure</small> 
}}

'''''Chusquea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[evergreen]] [[bamboo]]s in the [[Poaceae|grass family]]. Most of them are [[native plant|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, to various extents, associated with stands of ''Chusquea'', for example the [[Inca wren]], [[monito del monte]], and the [[plushcap]].