Abstract
Phyllostachys viridivagina and P. hirtivagina var. glabrivagina, a species and a variety of Phyllostachys from east China, are described as new to science. Phyllostachys viridivagina is very particular in P. sect. Phyllostachys, and is easily distinguished from the other species of this section by young culms without pruina, greenish, sparsely brown spotted and abaxially glabrous culm leaf sheaths without pruina and with obvious veins, and apically shortly white ciliate culm leaf ligules. Phyllostachys hirtivagina var. glabrivagina is different from P. hirtivagina var. hirtivagina in having abaxially glabrous culm leaf sheaths and narrowly falcate culm leaf auricles.
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<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, Z.P., Yu, Z.H., Ye, G.H., Zhu, Z.D., Zhao, Q.S., Chen, S.Y., Yao, C.Y. & Zhao, H.R. (1980b) A taxonomical study of <em>Phyllostachys</em>, China (count.). <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica</em> 18 (2): 168–193.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, Z.P., Ye, G.H., Yu, Z.H., Zhu, Z.D., Zhao, Q.S., Chen, S.Y., Yao, C.Y., Zhao, H.R. & Lu, J.L. (1996) <em>Phyllostachys</em> Sieb. et Zucc. <em>In:</em> Geng, B.J. & Wang, Z.P. (Eds.) <em>Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae Tomus 9 (1)</em>. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 243–313.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zheng, X.R., Tong, Y.H., Ni, J.B., Chen, Z.X. & Xia, N.H. (2019) <em>Phyllostachys danxiashanensis </em>(Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species from south China. <em>Phytotaxa </em>388 (2): 201–206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.388.2.7</span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carrière, É.A. (1866) Plantes nouvelles, rares ou peu connues. <em>Revue Horticole</em> 37: 379–380.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hayata B. (1915) <em>Icones Plantarum Formosanarum Volume V</em>. The Bureau of Productive Industries, Government Formasa, Taihoku, 1–358.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Houzeau de Lehaie, J. (1906) Les deux <em>Phyllostachys mitis</em>. <em>Le Bambou</em> 1: 38–40.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lai, G.H. (2013a) A revision of some species of the genus <em>Phyllostachys</em> (Gramineae–Bambusoideae) (IV) – Restoration of <em>Phyllostachys hispida</em> and classification of its allied taxa. <em>Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany</em> 21 (1): 1–10.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lai, G.H. (2013b) Contributions to the taxonomy of the genus <em>Phyllostachys</em> (Gramineae: Bambusoideae). <em>Subtropical Plant Science</em> 42 (1): 53–64.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lai, G.H. (2013c) New species of the genus<em> Phyllostachys</em> (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Anhui Province, China. <em>Plant Diversity and Resources</em> 35 (2): 131–140.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ma, N.X., Lai, G.H., Zhang, P.X. & Zhang, H.L. (2014) <em>The Genus Phyllostachys in China</em>. Zhejiang Science and Technology Press, Hangzhou, pp. 1–338.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ma, N.X. & Zhang, W.Y. (2012) Two new species of <em>Phyllostachys</em> from Zhejiang. <em>Journal Bamboo Research</em> 31 (3): 48–50.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">McClure, F.A. (1945) The vegetative characters of the bamboo genus <em>Phyllostachys</em> and descriptions of eight new species introduced from China. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences</em> 35 (9): 276–293.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">McClure, F.A. (1956) New species in the bamboo genus <em>Phyllostachys</em> and some nomenclatural notes. <em>Journal of the Arnold Arboretum</em> 37 (2): 180–196.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ohrnberger, D. (1999) <em>The Bamboos of the World, Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa</em>. Elservier Science B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 1–585.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Qin, Q.M., Tong, Y.H., Zheng, X.R., Ni, J.B. & Xia, N.H. (2021) <em>Sinosasa</em> (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new genus from China. <em>Taxon</em> 70 (1): 27–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12422</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rivière, A. & Rivière, C. (1878) Les bambous (suite.). <em>Bulletin de la Société d’Acclimatation </em>(sér. 3) 5: 666–721.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Siebold, P.F. & Zuccarini, J.G. (1843) Plantarum quas in Japonia collegit Dr. Ph. de Siebold, Genera nova, notis characteristicis delineationibusque illustrata proponent, fasciculus primus. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschafien</em> 3 (3): 717–749. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10720</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Soderstrom, T.R. & Calderón, C.E. (1978) The species of <em>Chusquea</em> (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) with verticillate buds. <em>Brittonia</em> 30 (2): 154–164. https://doi.org/10.2307/2806642</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vorontsova, M.S., Clark, L.G., Dransfield, J., Govaerts, R. & Baker, W.J. (2016) <em>World Checklist of Bamboos and Rattans.</em> INBAR—International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing & the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 1–454.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, Z.P. & Stapleton, C.M.A. (2006) <em>Phyllostachys</em> Sieb. et Zucc. <em>In</em>: Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H.& Hong, D.Y. (Eds.) <em>Flora of China Vol. 22</em>. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, pp. 163–180.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, Z.P., Yu, Z.H., Ye, G.H., Zhu, Z.D., Zhao, Q.S., Chen, S.Y., Yao, C.Y. & Zhao, H.R. (1980a) A taxonomical study of <em>Phyllostachys</em>, China. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica </em>18 (1): 15–19.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, Z.P., Yu, Z.H., Ye, G.H., Zhu, Z.D., Zhao, Q.S., Chen, S.Y., Yao, C.Y. & Zhao, H.R. (1980b) A taxonomical study of <em>Phyllostachys</em>, China (count.). <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica</em> 18 (2): 168–193.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, Z.P., Ye, G.H., Yu, Z.H., Zhu, Z.D., Zhao, Q.S., Chen, S.Y., Yao, C.Y., Zhao, H.R. & Lu, J.L. (1996) <em>Phyllostachys</em> Sieb. et Zucc. <em>In:</em> Geng, B.J. & Wang, Z.P. (Eds.) <em>Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae Tomus 9 (1)</em>. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 243–313.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zheng, X.R., Tong, Y.H., Ni, J.B., Chen, Z.X. & Xia, N.H. (2019) <em>Phyllostachys danxiashanensis </em>(Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species from south China. <em>Phytotaxa </em>388 (2): 201–206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.388.2.7</span></span></p>