REINWARDTIA
Vol. 12 No. 5 (2009)

THREE NEW SPECIES OF DINOCHLOA (POACEAE, BAMBUSOIDEAE) WITH ERECT CULM SHEATH BLADES FROM SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Elizabeth Anita Widjaja (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jul 2025

Abstract

WIDJAJA, E.A. 2009. Three new species of Dinochloa (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) with erect culm sheath blades from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 12(5): 435–440. –– Dinochloa aopaensis, D. morowaliensis, and D. petasiensis, are described as new. They are characterized by their erect culm sheath blades, but are distincted by a combination of characters of the auricle and ligule of the culm sheath, auricle and ligule of the leaf sheath and the pubescence of the leaf sheath. A key to the species of Malesian Dinochloa with erect culm sheath blades is presented.

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