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| Yersinochloa dalata
H. N. Nguyen & V. T. Tran DOI: 10.1111/njb.01048
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A clambering bamboo endemic to the Lam Vien plateau, southern Vietnam and representing a new monotypic endemic genus, Yersinochloa H. N. Nguyen & V. T. Tran (Gramineae–Bambusoideae–Bambusinae), is described and illustrated. It has an indeterminate inflorescence, terminate leafy branches, pseudo-spikelets with only one perfect floret, unkeeled palea, three lodicules, six stamens with free filaments, anther apices with tiny spines, glabrous ovary with a long style, 3 plumose stigmas, and an oblong caryopsis with a relatively thin pericarp.
Hoang Nghia Nguyen and Van Tien Tran. 2016. Yersinochloa gen. nov. (Gramineae: Bambusoideae-Bambusineae) endemic to the Lam Vien Plateau, southern Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1111/njb.01048
In this new paper, the new genus Yersinochloa (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) is proposed to accommodate the new species Yersinochloa dalata found in southern Vietnam. The new genus is warranted by a unique combination of floral characters, i.e. an indeterminate inflorescence, terminate leafy branches, pseudo-spikelets with only one perfect floret, unkeeled palea, three lodicules, six stamens with free filaments, anther apices with tiny spines, glabrous ovary with a long style, 3 plumose stigmas, and an oblong caryopsis with a relatively thin pericarp. A comprehensive overview of the diagnostic characters of the genera Yersinochloa, Cochinchinochloa, Maclurochloa, Soejatmia, Neololeba and Mullerochloa is also provided.
