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Neomicrocalamus prainii Keng f. (Keng 1983

  • 1. Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2. Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
  • 3. Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China & Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504 Yunnan, China
  • 4. Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
  • 5. Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China & Center for Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Research & College of Forestry, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, China

Description

Neomicrocalamus prainii (Gamble) Keng f.

Neomicrocalamus prainii (Gamble) Keng f., J. Bamboo Res. 2 (2): 10 1983.

Microcalamus prainii Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 59 (2): 207, pl. 7. 1891 (1890).

Arundinaria prainii (Gamble) Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 21 1896.

Thamnocalamus prainii (Gamble) E. G. Camus, Bambusées: 54 1913.

Racemobambos prainii (Gamble) Keng f. & T. H. Wen, J. Bamboo Res. 5 (2): 13 1986.

= Melocalamus gracilis W. T. Lin, J. South China Agr. Univ. 14 (3): 100, 1993. nom. illeg. [Its later homonym of Melocalamus gracilis R. B. Majumdar in S. Karthikeyan et al. Fl. Ind. ser. 4, 1 (Monocotyledon): 278. 1989. Type: INDIA • Barail Range, near Kailana, 9 km from Gumrirest house on Shillong, Cachar Road near P. W. D. Shed; R. B. Majumdar 1138 (holotype, CAL, not seen)] ≡ Melocalamus ningmingensis Ohrnb. in D. Ohrnberger Bamb. World Introd. ed. 4: 19, 1997, syn. nov.

Type.

India • Assam: Naga Hills, 23 Apr 1886, alt. 2400 m, Dr. D. Prain s. n. (holotype, K!, Barcodes: K 000246157; isotypes, K!, Barcodes: K 000872509, K 000872510, K 000872511, K 000872512; isotype, BM!, Barcode: BM 000959211). China • Guangxi: Chongzuo City, Ningming County, Longrui, 1 Nov 1985, Feipeng Chen 4726 (holotype, CANT!, Barcode: 25005).

Note.

Melocalamus ningmingensis has a complex taxonomic history. Combining the Skmer analysis and morphological comparisons, we conclude that Feipeng Chen 4726 belongs to Neomicrocalamus prainii rather than Melocalamus.

Notes

Published as part of Chen, Yu-Jin, Chen, Mei, Zhou, Meng-Yuan, Xu, Zu-Chang, Zhang, Yu-Xiao, Liu, Jing-Xia & Li, De-Zhu, 2025, Further investigation of Melocalamus (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) in China based on Skmer analysis and morphology, pp. 177-198 in PhytoKeys 259 on pages 177-198, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.259.151683

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