Filgueirasia

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Filgueirasia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arthrostylidiinae
Genus: Filgueirasia
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Filgueirasia is a genus of Brazilian bamboo in the grass family. [1]

Members of the genus were originally published as species of Apoclada and were classified in that genus for many years. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Over time, with revised concepts of morphological interpretation in the bamboos and the accumulation of strong molecular evidence [6] it became clear that the two species formerly known as A. arenicola, and A. cannavieira are actually unrelated to A. simplex and are correctly placed in their own genus Filgueirasia. [1]

The genus was named after Dr. Tarciso Filgueiras who has researched grasses of Brazil, especially those of the Cerrado region. There is a photograph of him in a patch of F. arenicola on the cover of the journal in which the genus was published - cited above and linked below.

Both species are unusual in many respects. They display the unique (or nearly so depending on interpretation) condition in the bamboos of having the ability to give rise to branches from multiple equal primary branch buds at their nodes. They are also some of the most drought tolerant of the bamboos and are well adapted to fire. They serve as forage for cattle and wildlife, especially in the dry season when the above ground parts of many other grasses are dead. [7] Although both species are highly adapted to the cerrado biome, they have separate ranges and different habitat requirements including soils and climate. [8]

Species [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Guala, G.F. 2003. A new genus of bamboos from the cerrados of Brazil. Bamboo Science and Culture, Journal of the American Bamboo Society 17(1): 1-3
  2. ↑ McClure, F. 1973. Genera of Bamboos Native to the New World(Gramineae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 9: 1-148.
  3. ↑ Judziewicz, E.J., L.G. Clark, X. Londono, & M.J. Stein. 1999. American Bamboos. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC
  4. ↑ Guala, G.F. 1992. All About Apoclada (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) a monograph of the genus. Thesis presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida.
  5. ↑ Guala, G.F. 1995 A cladistic analysis and revision of the genus Apoclada (Poaceae:Bambusoideae). Systematic Botany 20(3): 207-223
  6. ↑ Guala, G.F., D. Bogler, J. Sadle and J. Francisco Ortega 2000. Molecular Evidence for polyphyly in the genus Apoclada (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Bamboo Science and Culture 14:(1): 15-20.
  7. ↑ Guala, G.F. 2001. A brief note on the forage value of Apoclada. Bamboo Science and Culture 15(1): 48
  8. ↑ Guala, G.F. 2000. Spatial habitat characterization and predictions for two endemic sister species of bamboo on the cerrados of central Brazil. Bamboo Science and Culture 14(1): 21-27
  9. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  10. ↑ The Plant List search for Filgueirasia
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