. Cyphonanthus, a new genus segregated from Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) based on morphological, anatomical and molecular data.

MORRONE, O.; A. SCATAGLINI; F.O. ZULOAGA.

TAXON

International Association of Plant Taxonomist

Lugar: Viena, Austria ; Año: 2007 vol. 56 p. 521 - 532

0040-0262

Taxonomic features of Panicum discrepans, previously classified in subg. Agrostoides, sect. Discrepantia of Panicum, are reviewed and compared with other taxa in the Paniceae. The new genus Cyphonanthus is proposed on the basis of morphological and molecular characters to include a species distributed from the Caribbean and Mesoamerica to Brazil and Bolivia. Affinities of the new genus with other genera of the Paniceae are also discussed.