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Chusquea gibcooperi (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Chusqueinae), a new species endemic to Mexico

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The Perote-Orizaba region in Veracruz and the Alto Soconusco in Chiapas encompass the highest diversity of Chusquea species in Mexico, followed by the Sierra de Juárez in Oaxaca. These three regions have a total of 15 known Chusquea species. With the description here of Chusquea gibcooperi the number of described Chusquea species in Mexico will increase to 21. Chusquea gibcooperi is here described as a new species endemic to Mexico, inhabiting neotropical cloud forest and the ecotone with pine forest in the Perote-Orizaba area, Veracruz, and the Sierra Madre Oriental in Hidalgo and Puebla. Chusquea gibcooperi is similar to C. enigmatica and C. glauca, but differs from the former in having taller and wider culms and longer and wider foliage leaf blades. Chusquea glauca has maculate culms, a ring of cilia at the base of the culm leaf, infravaginal branching, and abaxially pubescent foliage leaf blades. The culms of Chusquea gibcooperi are uniform in color (i.e., not maculate), the culm leaves lack the basal ring of cilia, branching is both intravaginal and extravaginal, and the foliage leaf blades are abaxially glabrous.

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La región de Perote-Orizaba en Veracruz y la región del Alto Soconusco en Chiapas presentan la más alta diversidad de especies del género Chusquea Kunth, en México, seguido por la Sierra de Juárez en Oaxaca. Estas tres regiones tienen en total 15 especies conocidas de Chusquea. Con la descripción de Chusquea gibcooperi, el número de especies descritas de Chusquea en México, se incrementarán a 21. Chusquea gibcooperi es una especie nueva endémica de México y habita el bosque mesófilo de montaña y el ecotono con el bosque de pino en la región de Perote-Orizaba, Veracruz, y la Sierra Madre Oriental en Hidalgo y Puebla. Chusquea gibcooperi es similar a C. enigmatica y C. glauca, pero difiere de la primera por tener culmos más altos y anchos y hojas foliares más largas y anchas. Chusquea glauca tiene culmos maculados, un anillo de cilios en la base de las hojas del culmo, ramificación infravaginal, y pubescencia abaxial en las hojas foliares. Los culmos de Chusquea gibcooperi son uniformes en color (e.g., no presenta maculas), no tiene el anillo de cilios en las hojas del culmo, presenta ramificación intra y extravaginal y es glabra en la cara abaxial de las hojas foliares.

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Acknowledgments

We want to thank the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, Programa de Visitas de Profesores Distinguidos, AMC-FUMEC, 2013-2014, for the fellowship provided to L. G. Clark. We are particularly grateful to Edmundo Saavedra and Alfonso Barbosa for their excellent illustrations and Damián Piña for his help in scanning the illustrations. We also acknowledge funding from CONABIO (HB004 “Barcode de bambúes nativos de México”). Curators of the following herbaria provided access to their collections: ISC, MEXU, and XAL. We want to thank Emmet Judziewicz, Pedro Viana and one anonymous reviewer for their reviews that improved the manuscript.

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  1. Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Centro Regional del Bajío, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas 253, 61600, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico

    Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez

  2. Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Teresa Mejía-Saulés

  3. Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal, Av. Insurgentes 330, David Gustavo Gtz, 77013, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

    Gilberto Cortés

  4. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011-1020, USA

    Lynn G. Clark

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Ruiz-Sanchez, E., Mejía-Saulés, T., Cortés, G. et al. Chusquea gibcooperi (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Chusqueinae), a new species endemic to Mexico. Brittonia 67, 227–232 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-015-9377-1

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