Supplementary description of the flowers and flowering branches of four Fargesia and one Drepanostachyum species (Bambusoideae, Poaceae) and notes on their taxonomy
9 February 2016
Zhang, Yu-Qu; Yi, RenSupplementary descriptions of the flowers and flowering branches of Fargesia qinlingensis T. P. Yi, F. funiushanensis T. P. Yi, F. canaliculata T. P. Yi, F. subflexuosa T. P. Yi and Drepanostachyum semiorbiculatum (T. P. Yi) Stapleton (=F. semiorbiculata T. P. Yi) are presented. The characteristics of the flowers and flowering branches of F. qinlingensis and F. funiushanensis are similar to those of F. spathacea, the type species of Fargesia, while those of F. subflexuosa and F. canaliculata show a transitional state between Fargesia and Yushania. The characteristics of the flowers and flowering branches of F. semiorbiculata support the earlier transfer into Drepanostachyum on vegetative characteristics.
Doi
10.1111/njb.00975