Dendrocalamus menghanensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new woody bamboo from Yunnan, China

Ping-Yuan Wang; De-Zhu Li

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.130.33948

Dendrocalamus menghanensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new woody bamboo from Yunnan, China

PhytoKeys. 2019 Aug 29:130:143-150. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.130.33948. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Ping-Yuan Wang^{1

2}, De-Zhu Li³

Affiliations

¹ CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Menglun China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.

Abstract

Dendrocalamus menghanensis P.Y.Wang & D.Z.Li, a new species of woody bamboos endemic to south Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to D. semiscandens and D. birmanicus but differs in having a reflexed culm sheath blade, 10 mm high culm sheath ligule, 1 mm high leaf sheath ligule, 4 florets and 1 glume.

Keywords: Dendrocalamus; Poaceae; Yunnan; taxonomy; woody bamboo.