A new species of Bamboo (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) from coastal, southern Vietnam

2026/03/24 by Tran Van Tien · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Social Sciences · #Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics #Bamboo properties and applications #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.272.188481

openalex publication_date 2026/03/24 · openalex created_date 2026/03/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

A newly discovered species of the paleotropical woody bamboo subtribe Bambusinae (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), Cochinchinochloa salta V.T. Tran, from coastal areas of Phu Yen Province, South-Central Vietnam, is described and illustrated. Based on vegetative and reproductive characters, Cochinchinochloa salta shares characters with Cochinchinochloa braiana , but differs from it by having nodes of leafy branches with a thin swollen patella, bud elliptic, the culm leaf blade base slightly protruding, auricles curved and small, and nucoid caryopsis oblique with a relatively thick pericarp.

Citations

• A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update

Discussions

• A new species of bamboo - 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 - has been discovered from South-Central Vietnam. Its specific epithet salta refers to bamboo that grows along the coast and is i [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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