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Aulonemia yanachagensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae): A new species from central Peru

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Aulonemia yanachagensis is described from cloud forests at 2600–3000 m elevation in the Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén Prov. Oxapampa, Dept. Pasco, Peru. It differs from all other congeners in its combination of prominent sheath auricles, with abundant radiate fimbriae, small foliage leaf blades, and awnless spikelets.

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Se describeAulonemia yanachagensis, la cual crece en el bosque de nieblas del Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén Prov. Oxampampa, Dept. Pasco, Perú, a elevaciones entre 2600–3000 m. Esta especie se difiere de todos sus congéneres por la combinación de caracteres tales como aurículas prominentes, fimbrias radiales abundantes, láminas foliare pequeñas, y espiguillas sin aristas.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 54481, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.

    Emmet J. Judziewicz

  2. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, U.S.A.

    Christopher D. Tyrrell

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Judziewicz, E.J., Tyrrell, C.D. Aulonemia yanachagensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae): A new species from central Peru. Brittonia 59, 83–87 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2007)59[83:AYPBBA]2.0.CO;2

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