NEW SPECIES OF CLIMBING AND SCRAMBLING BAMBOO FROM SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Abstract

Ten new species of Sulawesi bamboos are discovered, belonging to the climbing genus Dinochloa Büse and the scrambling Fimbribambusa Widjaja. These are Dinochloa bungintimbensis Widjaja & Ervianti, D. glabra Widjaja & Ervianti, D. karaboensis Widjaja & Ervianti, D. khoonmengii Widjaja & Ervianti, D. kolakaensis Widjaja & Ervianti, D. mekonggensis Widjaja & Ervianti, D. multibrachiata Widjaja & Ervianti, D. sessilifolia Widjaja & Ervianti, D. wartabonei Widjaja & Ervianti, and Fimbribambusa soejatmiae Widjaja & Ervianti. Identification keys, descriptions and illustrations of these species are presented.