Cryptochloa stapfii (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae), a new neotropical herbaceous bamboo from Panama

Riccardo Maria Baldini; Orlando Oriel Ortiz

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.203.3.6

Issue: Vol. 203 No. 3: 25 March 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-03-25

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.203.3.6

Page range: 271–278

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Cryptochloa stapfii (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae), a new neotropical herbaceous bamboo from Panama

Riccardo Maria Baldini⁺⁻
Orlando Oriel Ortiz⁺⁻

Department of Biology & Tropical Herbarium FT, University of Florence (Italy); Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship, Balboa, Panama City, Republic of Panama.

Universidad de Panamá, Herbario PMA, Estafeta Universitaria, Panama City, Republic of Panama; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA, Fellowship.

Taxonomy Bocas del Toro Central America Flora of Panama Poales

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Abstract

Cryptochloa stapfii, a new herbaceous bamboo species from Panama is described. This new bambusoid grass inhabits semi-shaded lowland forests in Bocas del Toro (Panama) and is related to C. dressleri Soderstr., an endemic species from Panama. This new taxon increases the number of species in Cryptochloa to eight, most of them present in Panama.