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Issue: Vol. 296 No. 3: 20 February 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.3.6
Page range: 284–280
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

Dendrocalamus phuthoensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species from Phu Tho province, Vietnam

Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Duc Thang ward, Bac Tu Liem district, Ha Noi city, Vietnam
Forest Science Centre for Central Northern Vietnam, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Chan Mong commune, Doan Hung District, Phu Tho province, Vietnam
Department of Science and Techonlogy for Economic-Technical Branches, Ministry of Science and Technology, 113 Tran Duy Hung street, Cau Giay district, Ha Noi city, Vietnam
Da Lat University, 1 Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Dalat, Lamdong Province, Vietnam
Forest Science Centre for Central Northern Vietnam, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Chan Mong commune, Doan Hung District, Phu Tho province, Vietnam
Bamboo Bambusinae Graminae taxonomy Moncots Vietnam

Abstract

A new species of Dendrocalamus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), D. phuthoensis, is described and illustrated from Phu Tho Province, Vietnam. This species is similar to D. longiligulatus, but differs by its culm sheath glabrous, culm sheath ligule 6–7 mm long, serrulate, young culms densely brown pubescent, florets 7–9, arranged in the pseudospikelet, palea 12–14 mm long, with 3 or 4 veins between keels and without veins on each wing.