Dendrocalamus wazibii (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China Author Li, Jian-Wei https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5362-982X Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Science, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China Author Sun, Mao-Sheng https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7379-3988 Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Science, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China Author Bao, Hao-Feng https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0129-1384 Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Science, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China Author Hui, Chao-Mao https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5015-2085 Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Science, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China Author Liu, Wei-Yi 0000-0001-7115-8030 Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Science, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China text PhytoKeys 2025 2025-09-18 263 49 60 journal article 312348 10.3897/phytokeys.263.162328 90f9b48a-ebd0-4e6d-aa7f-77c5ede39af6 PMC12464556 41017858

Table 1. The morphological comparison of Dendrocalamus wazibii, D. tomentosus and D. peculiaris.

Characters	Dendrocalamus wazibii	D. tomentosus	D. peculiaris
Culm leaf ligule height	15 mm	5–7 mm	6–10 mm
Culm leaf auricle	linear, small and inconspicuous	absent	absent
Foliage blade size	12–26 cm × 2–4 cm	25–34 cm × 2.5–4.2 cm	25–40 cm × 3–5.5 (10) cm
Secondary veins	6–9 pairs	8–12 pairs	9–12 pairs
Lemma size	5–7 mm × 4–5 mm	4–5 mm × 4–6 mm	7–11 mm × 7–8 mm
Interkeel width of the palea	ca. 1 mm	ca. 1 mm	ca. 1.5 mm
Anther length	2–2.5 mm	2.5–3 mm	3–3.5 mm
Stamen length	5 mm	6 mm	10 mm