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Issue: Vol. 644 No. 2: 11 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.644.2.9
Page range: 171-176
Abstract views: 154
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Yushania bomdilaena—A New Species of Bamboo from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Forest Botany Division, ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 006, Uttarakhand, India
Genetics & Tree Improvement Division, ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 195, Uttarakhand, India
Genetics & Tree Improvement Division, ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 195, Uttarakhand, India
ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat-785001, Assam, India
Genetics & Tree Improvement Division, ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 195, Uttarakhand, India
Genetics & Tree Improvement Division, ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 195, Uttarakhand, India
Bamboo North-eastern Himalaya New taxa Yushania bomdilaena Monocots

Abstract

Yushania bomdilaena Naithani, a new species of temperate bamboo, is described from Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is characterized by the presence of recurved stiff roots on lower nodes; internodes purple and green stripes on lower half; Culm sheath blade without bristles at the mouth proper. Based on morphological characters, the new species is assigned to the genus Yushania.

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