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Issue: Vol. 299 No. 1: 17 March 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.299.1.9
Page range: 111–117
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic re-evaluation of some Gelidocalamus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) taxa from Southeast China

Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China. Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China. Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China. Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China. Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China. Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, Nanchang 330045, P. R. China.
Gramineae woody bamboo SEM synonymization Monocots

Abstract

In the present study, we employed a classical taxonomic analysis of micromorphological characters of the leaf epidermis to reassess the taxonomy of four Gelidocalamus taxa, a genus of woody bamboos endemic to China. We propose that G. subsolidus is distinct from G. tessellatus, and G. albopubescens should be placed in synonymy under G. subsolidus. A formal taxonomic treatment is presented, including description, comments, illustrations, a distribution map, and SEM images of the abaxial leaf epidermis.