Bamboo systematics: less swaying in the wind

Young shoots of Phuphanochloa Sungkaew & Teerawat.: a new species and genus of woody bamboo discovered by TCD botanists.

The bamboos are an extraordinary group of plants and the only large group of grasses to diversify in forests. They represent a major radiation in the angiosperms with nearly 1,500 species. The Bamboo Phylogeny Working Group (including TCD botanists Sarawood Sungkaew and Trevor Hodkinson) have recently used molecular, anatomical and morphological characters to update the tribal and subtribal classification of bamboos including the new genus (Phuphanochloa) shown in the photo.

Authors

Sarawood Sungkaew

Trevor Hodkinson: hodkinst[at]tcd.ie

Photo credit

Trevor Hodkinson

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