KEYNOTELECTURE An Updated Tribal and Subtribal ...bamboo-identification.co.uk/BWG_in_WBC_IX.pdf · An Updated Tribal and Subtribal Classification of the Bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)
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IXth World Bamboo Congress Keynotes, Pioneers, Ueda Lecture 3 KEYNOTE LECTURE An Updated Tribal and Subtribal Classification of the Bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) Bamboo Phylogeny Group 1 Presented by Lynn Clark Abstract The Bambusoideae (bamboos), comprising 1,439 described species in 115 genera, is one of 12 subfamilies of Poaceae (grass family), and it is the only major lineage of the family to diversify in forests. The bamboos are ecologically and economically important, but they remain understudied relative to other grasses, especially with respect to morphology, and an updated, phylogeny-based classification for the Bambusoideae has not previously been available. In this paper, a compilation of described bamboo diversity by tribe and subtribe is presented, phylogenetic studies of bamboos are reviewed, and the basis for the revised classification presented here is discussed, with putative synapomorphies indicated in the text and descriptions. The taxonomic treatment includes descriptions of the subfamily, the three tribes, and all accepted subtribes, and included genera are listed as appropriate. Keywords Arundinarieae, bamboo classification, Bambuseae, Bambusoideae classification, Olyreae. List of Abbreviations AFLPs – amplified fragment length polymorphisms; ESTs – expressed sequence tags; GBSSI – granule-bound starch synthase subunit I; g – genera; in prep. – in preparation; ITS – internal transcribed spacer; pers. comm. – personal communication; RAPDs – random amplification of polymorphic DNA; RFLPs – random fragment length polymorphisms; spp – species; SSRs – simple sequence repeats; unpubl. data – unpublished data; # – number.
