Differentiating Thamnocalamus Munro from Fargesia Franchet emend. Yi (Bambusoideae, Poaceae): novel evidence from morphological and neural-network analyses

Abstract Fargesia Franchet emend. Yi is closely allied with Thamnocalamus Munro but differs in many major morphological characteristics. Based on traditional morphological characters, it is difficult to differentiate these two genera. The current study measured 19 species in these two genera to dete...

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Main Authors: Shiliang Liu, Rongjie Yang, Jun Yang, Tongpei Yi, Huixing Song, Mingyan Jiang, Durgesh K. Tripathi, Mingdong Ma, Qibing Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04613-9