Hopia, a new monotypic genus segregated from Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae)

FERNANDO O. ZULOAGA, LILIANA M. GIUSSANI & OSVALDO MORRONE

TAXON

Taxon Editors

Lugar: Viena; Año: 2006 vol. 56

0040-0262

Taxonomic features of Panicum obtusum, a species ranging from Southern United States to Central Mexico and previously classifi ed in subg. Agrostoides, sect. Obtusa of Panicum, are reviewed and compared with other taxa in the tribe Paniceae. The species is transferred to the new genus Hopia on the basis of morphological and molecular characters. Affi nities of the new genus with other genera of Paniceae are discussed.Panicum obtusum, a species ranging from Southern United States to Central Mexico and previously classifi ed in subg. Agrostoides, sect. Obtusa of Panicum, are reviewed and compared with other taxa in the tribe Paniceae. The species is transferred to the new genus Hopia on the basis of morphological and molecular characters. Affi nities of the new genus with other genera of Paniceae are discussed.fi ed in subg. Agrostoides, sect. Obtusa of Panicum, are reviewed and compared with other taxa in the tribe Paniceae. The species is transferred to the new genus Hopia on the basis of morphological and molecular characters. Affi nities of the new genus with other genera of Paniceae are discussed.Hopia on the basis of morphological and molecular characters. Affi nities of the new genus with other genera of Paniceae are discussed.fi nities of the new genus with other genera of Paniceae are discussed.