A Taxonomic Revision of Otatea (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) Including Four New Species
Previous molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses, character-based analysis and ecological niche modeling identified seven monophyletic groups formed by populations of Otatea, a Neotropical woody bamboo genus belonging to subtribe Guaduinae. Thus the genus comprises
at present seven species, four of them new to science. These four new Mesoamerican species are here described and illustrated:
Otatea carrilloi
from Chiapas,
O. ximenae
from Oaxaca,
O. reynosoana
from the Pacific slopes of Guerrero, Jalisco and Nayarit
and O. transvolcanica from the Transmexican Volcanic Belt. A comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Otatea is presented based on collections for this project and on herbarium specimens.
Keywords: DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; FIMBRIAE; GUADUINAE; MEXICAN ENDEMICS; ORAL SETAE; OTATEA
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 April 2011
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