Yushania tongpeii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from north-eastern Yunnan, China

Authors: Zhang, Yuxiao Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.130.34466 Published: Jan. 1, 2019 Source: PhytoKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: New species · Topics: Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Bamboo properties and applications, Plant Diversity and Evolution

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Yushania tongpeii D.Z.Li, Y.X.Zhang & E.D.Liu, a new species of the temperate bamboo tribe Arundinarieae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), is described and illustrated from north-eastern Yunnan, China. Yushania tongpeii is characterised by taller branching from nodes 1–2 m above the ground, usually three branches at the node, sparse purple spots and thin white powder on the internode, densely purple-spotted culm sheaths, glabrous margins of culm sheaths and tomentose leaf ligules. Based on the morphological features, this new species is assigned to section Yushania.

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