Nianhochloagen. nov. (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo genus endemic to Bidoup Mountain, southern Vietnam

Melocalamus grandiauritus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new clambering species from northern Vietnam

“…The presence of M. grandiauritus has not been ascertained in the Thanh Hoa Province and other regions of Vietnam. It has so far not been documented in the previous work, the new species is therefore assigned a preliminary status of ‘Data Deficient’ (DD) following IUCN red list categories and criteria (IUCN ).…”

“…The latest estimate for Vietnamese bamboos is 210 species in 27 genera (Nguyen and Tran ). New genera (Nguyen and Tran , 2016, Nguyen et al , Tran et al ) and new species (Nguyen and Tran , Nguyen et al , , b, Nguyen and Tran , 2014, Nguyen and Xia , Wong and Diep 2015) published in recent years suggest that the survey of bamboos in Vietnam is still far from complete.…”

“…Melocalamus Benth. (Bentham and Hooker ), Maclurochloa K. M. Wong (), Nianhochloa H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran (), Cochinchinochloa H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran (Nguyen et al ) and Yersinochloa H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran (2016) are currently recognized. Our unknown bamboo was easily excluded from Nianhochloa by its prominent nodes and thick internodes (4–5 cm in diameter, nearly solid).…”

“…The nuclear gene GBSSI (granule‐bound starch synthase I) occurs as a single copy in Poaceae (Mason‐Gamer et al 1998) and has been proven to be informative in recent phylogenetic studies on woody bamboos (Yang et al 2008, 2010, Goh et al 2010, ). Zhang et al () showed that the phylogeny based on GBSSI was better resolved at the generic level than the plastid phylogeny. Therefore, we conducted molecular phylogenetic analyses of scrambling bamboos of Asia based on the GBSSI.…”

Yersinochloa nghiana, a new species (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Bambuseae) from southern Vietnam

“…Recently, the morphology of clambering or scrambling bamboo genera in the tribe Bambuseae Kunth ex Nees, subtribe Bambusinae J. S. Presl have been reviewed in depth ( Nguyen and Tran 2012 ; Nguyen et al 2013 ; Nguyen and Tran 2016 ). Seven distinct clambering or scrambling bamboo genera in Asia are currently recognised: 1) Maclurochloa K.M.…”