Gelidocalamus xunwuensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from southeastern Jiangxi, China

Wen-Gen Zhang; Xue-Nan Ji; Yu-Guang Liu; Wei-Jian Li; Guang-Yao Yang

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.85.13804

Gelidocalamus xunwuensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from southeastern Jiangxi, China

PhytoKeys. 2017 Aug 31:(85):59-67. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.85.13804. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Wen-Gen Zhang^{1

2}, Xue-Nan Ji^{1

2}, Yu-Guang Liu^{1

2}, Wei-Jian Li², Guang-Yao Yang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization, Forestry College, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.
² Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.

Abstract

Gelidocalamus xunwuensis W.G.Zhang & G.Y.Yang, a new species collected from Xunwu County of Jiangxi Province in China, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to G. stellatus in the habit, but differs by internodes sparsely hairy with granuliferous warts, culm sheath stiffly hairy, culm sheath blade broadly lanceolate to narrowly triangular, each node with a ring of appressed trichomes below, foliage leaves broadly lanceolate to narrowly oblong, and new shoots occurring in late October.

Keywords: Arundinarieae; Bambusoideae; SEM; bamboo; leaf epidermis; taxonomy.