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Issue: Vol. 350 No. 1: 17 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.350.1.9
Page range: 79–85
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 14

Stapletonia rigoense (Poaceae), a new bamboo species bearing very long internodes from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Environment and Natural Resources Management Laboratory, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli 791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Environment and Natural Resources Management Laboratory, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli 791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Environment and Natural Resources Management Laboratory, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli 791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

Stapletonia rigoense, a new bamboo species bearing very long internodes was described from Arunachal Pradesh, India. This taxon shows significant morphological differences to those earlier reported for closely related species, especially Stapletonia arunachalensis (H.B. Naithani) P. Singh, S.S. Das & P. Kumari and Stapletonia seshagirianum (R.B. Mazumdar) H.B. Naithani.