Botanical Sciences 99(2): 198-228 2021 Received: June 22, 2020, Accepted: December 1, 2020 DOI: 10.17129/botsci.2722 NeotropicalOn woodyline first: bamboos February 15, 2021 Review / Revisión DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF NEOTROPICAL WOODY BAMBOOS (POACEAE: BAMBUSOIDEAE) IN THE 21ST CENTURY DIVERSIDAD, DISTRIBUCIÓN Y CLASIFICACIÓN DE LOS BAMBÚES LEÑOSOS DEL NEOTRÓPICO (POACEAE: BAMBUSOIDEAE) EN EL SIGLO XXI EDUARDO RUIZ-SANCHEZ1,2*, CHRISTOPHER D. TYRRELL3,4, XIMENA LONDOÑO5, REYJANE P. OLIVEIRA6, AND LYNN G. CLARK7 1 Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. 2 Laboratorio Nacional de Identificación y Caracterización Vegetal (LaniVeg), Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. 3 Botany Department, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 5 Sociedad Colombiana del Bambú, Quindío, Colombia. 6 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Bahia, Brazil. 7 Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. *Correspondence author:
[email protected] Abstract Background: The Neotropical woody bamboos (NWB) comprise a clade native to the Western Hemisphere. Taxonomically the NWB are clas- sified into three subtribes: Arthrostylidiinae, Chusqueinae, and Guaduinae. These woody bamboos are distributed from northern Mexico and the West Indies to south-central Chile and