Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 267 No. 3: 7 July 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.267.3.5
Page range: 219–227
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Merostachys (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CCB2, 3º andar, 36570-900, Viçosa,MG, Brazil.
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CCB2, 3º andar, 36570-900, Viçosa,MG, Brazil.
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CCB2, 3º andar, 36570-900, Viçosa,MG, Brazil.
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011-1020, U.S.A.
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CCB2, 3º andar, 36570-900, Viçosa,MG, Brazil.
Woody bamboos Arthrostylidiinae Atlantic Forest Monocots Brazil

Abstract

Two new species, Merostachys ramosa and M. ximenae, from the Brazilian Atlantic forest are here described and illustrated. The species are apparently endemic to Minas Gerais state, with M. ramosa being restricted to the Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro. The conservation status of each species is examined. A key to all taxa of Merostachys present in eastern Minas Gerais and comments about the species are provided.