Bamboo Ecology, Botany, and Applications in South American Ecosystems
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Poaceae; plant taxonomy; phylogeny; morphology and anatomy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bamboos belong to the family Poaceae and are distinguished by their characteristics in the subfamily Bambusoideae, which is composed of 136 genera and 1698 herbaceous and woody species. South America is home to both the greatest diversity and highest number of woody and herbaceous bamboo species, and many species from the Andean and Amazonian regions are yet to be described. Bamboos in South America occur in a broad range of environments, occupying extensive areas of humid lowland tropical evergreen forests of the Amazonian basin and the Atlantic forests of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, and are understory dominants in several different types of forests. Bamboos have been used in the New World since the pre-Hispanic era, and traditional uses include arts, crafts, musical instruments, medicines, foods and drinks, forage, soil protection, and environmental remediation, among others. This Special Issue of Plants will include all topics related to herbaceous and woody bamboo ecology, botany, and applications in South American ecosystems.
Dr. Andrea Susana Vega
Dr. Hugo Daniel Chludil
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anatomy
- bamboo raw material
- biodiversity
- herbaceous bamboos
- morphology
- phenology
- phylogeny
- phytochemistry
- propagation
- systematics
- taxonomy
- utilization of bamboos
- woody bamboos conservation efforts of the genetic diversity of bamboo species (in situ, ex situ)
- red list bamboo species
- production of quality planting material (through the selection of quality mother clumps of valuable bamboo species to serve as the source of vegetative material for clonal propagation)
- genetic improvement, including in vitro culture systems for genetic engineering
- bamboo cultivation and the effects of climate change
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