Calamagrostis hongii (Poaceae, Agrostidinae), a new species from southwestern China

PhytoKeys. 2020 Oct 29:166:41-55. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.161.53010. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Calamagrostis hongii, a new species of Calamagrostis (Poaceae) from southwestern China (S Chongqing, W Guizhou, Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan), is here described and illustrated. It is similar to C. arundinacea and C. effusiflora in spikelet traits, but can be distinguished by its moderately or densely scabrous upper leaf surface with ribs covered by short, stiff, prickle hairs, and glabrous leaf sheaths, blades and collars. Nomenclature Deyeuxia zhongdianensis lacks Latin description or diagnosis and is an unavailable nomen nudum (naked name).

Keywords: Deyeuxia; Asia; Flora of China; Sino-Himalayan region; distribution; endemism; taxonomy.

Grants and funding

European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 ‘Capacities’ Program: SYNTHESYS and SYNTHESYS+ Projects (FR-TAF-6137, FR-TAF-2788, AT-TAF-6826), National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31110103911), Science and Technology Basic Work of China (grant no. 2013FY112100), and CAS International Research and Education Development Program (SAJC201613) supported by Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Science