Gigantochloa glabrata (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China Author Xu, Zu-Chang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7431-1061 Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China & Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China Author Liu, Jing-Xia Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China & Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China Author Li, De-Zhu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4990-724X Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China & Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China dzl@mail.kib.ac.cn text PhytoKeys 2021 2021-01-07 171 37 45 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.171.59562 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.171.59562 1314-2003-171-37 F330DC73EFE85B09AD1EA1C123BE323E

Table 1. Morphological differences between Gigantochloa glabrata, G. albociliata and G. levis.

Characters	G. glabrata	G. albociliata	G. levis
Diameter of culm	5-9 cm	1-5 cm	7-12 cm
Internode	yellow striped	white striped	not striped
Hairy ring	with a white hairy ring and below the node	without hairy ring	one brown hairy ring below the node
Culm sheath blade	erect	reflexed	reflexed
Culm sheath ligule	4-6 mm, truncate, denticulate	10-17 mm, convex in the middle, denticulate	9-14 mm, deep lacerations, bristle
Pseudospikelet	12-18 x 2-3 mm, lanceolate, straight	13-20 x 2-2.5 mm, slender, curved	11-12 x 3-4 mm, ovate, straight