An Overlooked New Endemic Species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) from Mexico

Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez; Christopher D. Tyrrell; J. Luis Vigosa-Mercado

doi:10.1600/036364421X16231782047569

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11 August 2021 An Overlooked New Endemic Species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) from Mexico

Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez, Christopher D. Tyrrell, J. Luis Vigosa-Mercado

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Systematic Botany, 46(2):333-338 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16231782047569

Abstract

Rhipidocladum is the fourth most speciose genus in the bamboo subtribe Arthrostylidiinae. The species in this genus have a wide geographical distribution from North America (Mexico) to South America (Argentina). In Mexico, there are five Rhipidocladum species, two of which are endemic. During a recent review of herbaria, we found some specimens of Rhipidocladum from Guerrero, Jalisco, and Nayarit that do not fit morphologically with any of the five Rhipidocladum species presently known in Mexico nor any other species in the genus. Here we describe and illustrate Rhipidocladum barbinode, a new species endemic to Mexico. We additionally provide an updated morphological key to the Rhipidocladum species of Mexico.

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Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez, Christopher D. Tyrrell, and J. Luis Vigosa-Mercado "An Overlooked New Endemic Species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) from Mexico," Systematic Botany 46(2), 333-338, (11 August 2021). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16231782047569

Published: 11 August 2021

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