Title
The genera of Bambusoideae (Poaceae) of the American Continent : keys and comments
Related Titles
Series:
Smithsonian contributions to botany, no. 44
By
Calderón, Cleofé E. (Cleofé Elsa), 1929-2007
Soderstrom, Thomas R.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980
Notes
The history of the grass subfamily Bambusoideae is reviewed and nomenclatural problems of subfamilial and tribal level are explored. Characters are presented to distinguish the subfamily from all other grasses and differentiating features of the two major groups of bamboos—herbaceous and woody—are included. Keys are given for the tribes and genera of herbaceous American bamboos and genera of woody American bamboos, the latter based principally on vegetative characters. A conspectus of the subfamily also appears, with a list of all 37 genera recognized in the American continent, each with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes. Comments on the morphology of the bamboo plant and the systematic value of some characters, especially vegetative, are given in the introduction.
Subjects
America
,
Bamboo
,
Botany
,
Classification
,
Grasses
BHL Collections
Women in Natural History
Call Number
QK1 .S2747 no. 44
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.131624
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/79014750
OCLC:
5029833
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51406720
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