Scientific Note: Arundinaria gigantea and Arundinaria macrosperma, the Correct Names Respectively for the Switch Cane and the Giant Cane
| Autor: | Daniel B. Ward |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Castanea. 74:189-195 |
| ISSN: | 1938-4386 0008-7475 |
| DOI: | 10.2179/07-12.1 |
| Popis: | Thomas Walter in 1788 described and named two species now assigned to Arundinaria. His two names, Arundo gigantea and Arundo tecta, are now believed to represent not only synonyms but developmental stages of the same taxon. If Arundinaria in the southeastern United States is interpreted to consist of two species, the smaller plant, the Switch Cane, may correctly be known as A. gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. The second, larger plant, the Giant Cane, then becomes A. macrosperma Michx. To provide greater stability to these names, an epitype has been selected for each. Arundinaria (Poaceae/Gramineae) is a genus of very large grasses, the only widespread true bamboos in North America. In the southeastern United States two taxa are usually recognized, perhaps more readily addressed by their common names than by their uncertain scientific designations. Switch Cane is found commonly on moist soils along the Atlantic seaboard, from eastern Virginia to central peninsular Florida and west along |
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