Yersinochloa (Gramineae: Bambusoideae-Bambusineae), a new bamboo genus endemic to Lam Vien Plateau, southern Vietnam
8 December 2015
Tran, Tien; Nguyen, NghiaA clambering bamboo endemic to Lam Vien plateau, southern Vietnam represents a new monotypic endemic genus, Yersinochloa H.N. Nguyen & V.T. Tran (Gramineae-Bambusoideae-Bambusinae), which is described and illustrated. Its inflorescence terminating leafy branches, indeterminate, pseudospikelets having one perfect florets, palea unkeeled, three lodicules, six stamens, free filaments, anther apices bearing tiny spines; glabrous ovary with long style; stigmas 3, plumose; caryopsis oblong with relatively thin pericarp.
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10.1111/njb.01048