TY - JOUR
T1 - A new informal group in Chusquea subg. Swallenochloa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) and emended descriptions for the Mexican endemics C. enigmatica and C. septentrionalis
AU - Ruiz-Sanchez, Eduardo
AU - Castro-Castro, Arturo
AU - Clark, Lynn G.
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PY - 2022/7/7
Y1 - 2022/7/7
N2 - The Neotropical genus Chusquea, with 197 described species, is the most diverse genus of bamboo worldwide. Mexico has 24 species of Chusquea representing two of the five subgenera: Chusquea subg. Chusquea and C. subg. Swallenochloa. Nineteen species belong to subg. Chusquea and just five to subg. Swallenochloa. Chusquea enigmatica, classified in subg. Chusquea, and C. septentrionalis, classified in subg. Swallenochloa, were both described from vegetative material. Based on recent fieldwork in the Mexican states of Durango, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Sinaloa, we found new populations of C. enigmatica outside of the original localities in Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí. In San Luis Potosí, we found one population was flowering. For C. septentrionalis we found a new locality in Durango in which all individuals in the population were flowering, and a new population from Sinaloa. Here, we present emended morphological descriptions, illustrations, comparative tables, and a distribution map for C. enigmatica and C. septentrionalis. The reproductive characters of C. enigmatica are compared to C. lanceolata, whereas those of C. septentrionalis are compared to C. bilimekii and C. perotensis. We transfer C. enigmatica and C. gibcooperi, which share an unusual branching pattern involving intra- and extravaginal branching on the same plant, to subg. Swallenochloa. We also establish the C. lanceolata informal group within this subgenus to include C. enigmatica, C. gibcooperi and C. lanceolata, which share leptomorph rhizomes.
AB - The Neotropical genus Chusquea, with 197 described species, is the most diverse genus of bamboo worldwide. Mexico has 24 species of Chusquea representing two of the five subgenera: Chusquea subg. Chusquea and C. subg. Swallenochloa. Nineteen species belong to subg. Chusquea and just five to subg. Swallenochloa. Chusquea enigmatica, classified in subg. Chusquea, and C. septentrionalis, classified in subg. Swallenochloa, were both described from vegetative material. Based on recent fieldwork in the Mexican states of Durango, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Sinaloa, we found new populations of C. enigmatica outside of the original localities in Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí. In San Luis Potosí, we found one population was flowering. For C. septentrionalis we found a new locality in Durango in which all individuals in the population were flowering, and a new population from Sinaloa. Here, we present emended morphological descriptions, illustrations, comparative tables, and a distribution map for C. enigmatica and C. septentrionalis. The reproductive characters of C. enigmatica are compared to C. lanceolata, whereas those of C. septentrionalis are compared to C. bilimekii and C. perotensis. We transfer C. enigmatica and C. gibcooperi, which share an unusual branching pattern involving intra- and extravaginal branching on the same plant, to subg. Swallenochloa. We also establish the C. lanceolata informal group within this subgenus to include C. enigmatica, C. gibcooperi and C. lanceolata, which share leptomorph rhizomes.
KW - Chusquea lanceolata
KW - Chusqueinae
KW - Durango
KW - Hidalgo
KW - Mexico
KW - San Luis Potosí
KW - Sinaloa
KW - endemism
KW - subg. Swallenochloa
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U2 - 10.11646/phytotaxa.554.1.3
DO - 10.11646/phytotaxa.554.1.3
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85141954010
SN - 1179-3155
VL - 554
SP - 47
EP - 58
JO - Phytotaxa
JF - Phytotaxa
IS - 1
ER -