This PBS Web site has special coverage of a show on building a bridge with wood and bamboo. Marco Piazza has a private web page with links to bamboo nurseries around the world, and some nice pictures of bamboo groves. Stephen Glassman has a Web site that illustrates his bamboo artwork and constructions. The article discusses the genera and species found in Mexico. It has been only in the last few years that there has been greater understanding of bamboo in Mexico.
Some species are very rare and endangered.
The more than 40 bamboo species range from sea level to 2,500 meters in elevation. Completing the article is a list of species. The article is in Spanish. If you are no better than I am at reading Spanish, then you can try the Babelfish automated translation by clicking here - Barry. Please try out the ABS Message board.