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Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-19
Page range: 179–189
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Eremitis linearifolia and E. robusta (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae): two new species of herbaceous bamboos from Brazil first collected over 30 years ago

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Transnordestina s.n., Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299 U.S.A.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Transnordestina s.n., Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
grasses Parianinae Atlantic rain forest IUCN red list Monocots

Abstract

Two new species of the herbaceous bamboos genus Eremitis are described and illustrated under the names Eremitis linearifolia and E. robusta. They occur in small populations in the Atlantic Rain Forest vegetation, from the states of Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil, respectively. Both species are known from only two sites. Both new species were first collected in the early 1980s. We discuss the morphological characters distinguishing these new species from their close relatives, and provide an identification key to all described species of Eremitis.