Cnidochloa: A New Genus of Grasses from Brazil (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae)

Fernando O. Zuloaga; Sandra S. Aliscioni; M. Amalia Scataglini

doi:10.3417/2020560

Fernando O. Zuloaga Instituto de Botánica Darwinion
Sandra S. Aliscioni Instituto de Botánica Darwinion
M. Amalia Scataglini Instituto de Botánica Darwinion

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2020560

Keywords: Cnidochloa, Paniceae, Poaceae, South America

Abstract

Generic boundaries of the South American species Panicum longipedicellatum Swallen are explored and compared with allied genera of the tribe Paniceae. On the basis of morphological, anatomical, and molecular characters a new genus, Cnidochloa Zuloaga, is proposed. The phylogenetic position of the new genus within the Paniceae is evaluated.

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