taxonID	type	description	language	source
1EF9A75294E6512190729757518A9C19.taxon	description	Description. Rhizomes amphipodial, internodes terete, 2 - 2.5 cm long, ca. 2.5 mm in diam. Culms 1.2 - 2 m tall, up to 8 mm in diam.; internodes terete, 8 - 24 cm long, green, not powdery, glabrous; wall thick, cavity with woolly or irregularly lamellate pith; supranodal ridge flat, remains of sheath base persistent, sheath scar pubescent or glabrous. Culm buds narrowly ovate. Branches intravaginal, 2 - 4 at each mid-culm node, base attached to culm. Culm leaf sheaths gradually deciduous or rather persistent, 1 / 2 to 4 / 7 as long as internodes, thickly papery, glabrous or sometimes sparsely brown appressed hispidulous, margins ciliolate; auricles absent; oral setae 5 - 11, lateral 1 - 4 curved and downward, others straight forward, 6 - 9 mm long, fragile, base usually adnate; ligule short, less than 0.5 mm, unevenly laciniate, glabrous; blade erect, amplexicaul, striate, broadly ovate-lanceolate, usually longer than sheath, both surfaces glabrous, margins ciliolate, apex acuminate. Foliage leaves 1 to 4 per ultimate branch; sheath 2 - 4 cm long, upper half more or less white-pilose abaxially, margins ciliolate, glabrescent; outer ligule ca. 0.5 mm long, margin white-pilose; auricles obscure; oral setae present, to 1.4 cm long; inner ligule short, 0.3 - 1.5 mm; pseudopetiole 1.5 - 3 mm long, slightly pilose adaxially, glabrous abaxially; blade lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 8 - 24 x 0.9 - 2 cm, slightly pilose at base adaxially, hispidulous abaxially, glabrescent, base cuneate, margins serrulate, apex acuminate; lateral veins 4 - 5 pairs, veinlets conspicuous. The unit of inflorescence of the synflorescence 3 - 9 cm long; main axis glabrous, flattened on the branching side, basal internode 0.8 - 1.8 cm long. Paracladia 2 - 4, 0.4 - 1 cm long, robust, close to the axis, puberulent or appressed-pubescent at the apex, base without a pulvinus. Spikelets 1.6 - 2 cm long, stramineous; developed (fertile) florets 1 - 3, uppermost one rudimentary; rachilla segments thickened upwards, 3 - 4 mm long, glabrous except the upper part white-tomentose; glumes 2, the lower one lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 7 - 10 mm long, glabrous at lower part, pubescent towards the apex, apex acuminate; the upper one with the same shape and indumentum as the lower one, 7 - 12 mm long; callus bearded with white- or grey-tomentose hairs; lemmas ovate, the lowest one 10 - 12 mm long, densely adpressed-pubescent abaxially, 9 - veined, apex acuminate-mucronate; palea 7 - 8 mm long, apex obtuse, glabrous except the ciliate and strongly curved keels; lodicules 3, ca. 2 mm long, anterior 2 oblong-obovate, posterior 1 spatulate or obovate, rounded at apex, lower part brown-nerved, upper part hyaline and minutely ciliate; anthers 3, pale yellow, 5 mm long; ripe ovary 2 mm long, brownish when dry; styles 2, persistent, ca. 1 mm long, base slightly connate, stigmas very thin, plumose, ca. 3 mm long. Fruit unknown. Description of inflorescence follows Keng (1936).	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
1EF9A75294E6512190729757518A9C19.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is distributed in Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China. It grows under evergreen broadleaved forests at an elevation from 1100 - 1600 m.	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
1EF9A75294E6512190729757518A9C19.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined. Kengiochloa pubiflora: China. Guangdong: Ruyuan County, Tianjingshan, 4 May 1978, Z. P. Wang & S. T. Liu 780047 (N 019022073, N 019022074, N 019022075, N 019022076); Shixing County, Longtou Moutain, elev. 1131 m, 25 April 2021, Z. Y. Cai & X. H. Ye czy- 146 (IBSC); Xinyi City, Mianbeiding, 20 April 2020, N. H. Xia, Y. H. Tong, J. B. Ni, S. J. Zeng & B. M. Wang XNH- 63 (IBSC). Hunan: Yizhang County, Mang Mountain, elev. 1600 m, 4 July 1964, B. M. Yang 026501 (N 019022077). Jiangxi: Suichuan County, Dabali, 22 April 2022, C. Long BH- 148 (IBSC); ibid. 13 November 2022, C. Long s. n. (IBSC). Indocalamus pallidiflorus: CHINA. Guangdong: Longmen County, Nankun Mountain, 12 April 1932, W. T. Tsang 20216 (SYS 00095376, US 00065467 (image), US 00312706 (image), US 00312707 (image )); ibid., 18 April 2018, X. R. Zheng, J. B. Ni & Y. Y. Zhang zxr- 145 (IBSC). Indocalamus sinicus: CHINA. Hongkong: hill sides, C. Wright s. n. (K 00092161 (image )); without precise locality, Hance s. n. (K 00092162 (image), K 00092163 (image )).	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
77DCDA3834FE5E588A4C57B526FE38DE.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Kengiochloa pubiflora (Keng) Y. H. Tong & N. H. Xia (≡ Arundinaria pubiflora Keng).	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
77DCDA3834FE5E588A4C57B526FE38DE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This new genus is close to Sinosasa, but differs in having narrowly ovate culm buds, branch complement with 2 - 4 branches at mid-culm nodes, flat nodes, glabrous and nonpowdery infranodal region, culm leaf oral setae adnate at base, amplexicaul culm leaf blades that are usually longer than sheath, 1 - 4 foliage leaves per ultimate branchlet with blades flat when dry and short inner ligule, robust and erect paracladia (lateral spikelet pedicels) appressed to the axis and without pulvinus at base, upper lemma typically shorter than the lowest lemma and lodicules with a rounded apex.	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
77DCDA3834FE5E588A4C57B526FE38DE.taxon	description	Description. Shrubby bamboo. Rhizomes leptomorph. Culms pluricaespitose, short and thin, less than 2 m tall and 8 mm in diam.; nodes flat. Culm buds narrowly ovate. Branches intravaginal, 2 - 4 at each mid-culm node. Culm leaf sheath persistent, papery; auricles absent; oral setae fragile, adnate at base; blade erect and amplexicaul, usually longer than sheath; ligule convex, short. Foliage leaves 1 - 4 per ultimate branchlet; auricles obscure; inner ligule short. Flowering branches developing at the nodes of every order of branches; the unit of inflorescence of synflorescence raceme-like with 3 - 5 spikelets; paracladia robust and erect, appressed to the axis and without pulvinus at base; florets 2 - 4 per spikelet including a rudimentary one at the apex; glumes 2, upper one shorter than the lowest lemma; lemma longer than palea; palea 2 - keeled; lodicules 3, apex rounded; stamens 3, anthers pale yellow; styles 2, base slightly connate; stigmas 2, plumose. Caryopsis unknown.	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
77DCDA3834FE5E588A4C57B526FE38DE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Kengiochloa is named in honor of Professor Yi-Li Keng (1897 - 1975), a renowned botanist and the first Chinese who studied the bamboo taxonomy in China. The type species of this genus was first described by him, too. Its Chinese name is given as 以礼竹属 (pinyin: yĭ lĭ zhu shŭ).	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Niu, Zheng-Yang, Cai, Zhuo-Yu, Ni, Jing-Bo, Xia, Nian-He (2023): Kengiochloa, a new bamboo genus to accommodate the morphologically unique species, Pseudosasa pubiflora (Poaceae). PhytoKeys 221: 131-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.98920
