Genera of bamboos native to the new world (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) / F.A. McClure ; edited by Thomas R. Soderstrom.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

McClure, Floyd Alonzo, 1897-1970, author.

Contributor:

Soderstrom, Thomas R., editor.

Smithsonian Institution. Press, publisher.

Series:

Smithsonian contributions to botany ; no. 9.

Smithsonian contributions to botany ; number 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bamboo--America--Identification.

Bamboo.

Bamboo--Varieties--America--Identification.

Bamboo--Varieties.

America.

Genre:

Field guides

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 148 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

City of Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973.

Summary:

Seventeen genera of bamboos native to the New World are classified, compared, and illustrated, including four new genera and four new species. The introduction of several taxonomic characters based on hitherto neglected morphological features, both vegetative and reproductive, is undertaken with the objective of improving traditional perspectives. Two reforms are urged as essential to the elevation of the level of refinement at which future taxonomic treatments of bamboos may be executed. These are (1) the general adoption of improved collecting methods correlated with more extensive and sustained field observations, and (2) the fostering, through interdisciplinary collaboration, of progressive development and integration of diversified studies of documented materials drawn from a common source for each individual taxon.

Notes:

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (SI, viewed September 9, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148).

Other Format:

Print version: McClure, Floyd Alonzo, 1897-1970. Genera of bamboos native to the new world (Gramineae: Bambusoideae).

OCLC:

407170454