Pseudoxytenanthera

Tetali, P., Tetali, Sujata, Muralidharan, E. M., Bokil, Sarang A., Choudhary, Ritesh Kumar & Datar, Mandar N., 2021, Pseudoxytenanthera madhavii (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species of woody bamboo from the northern Western Ghats, India, Phytotaxa 498 (3), pp. 186-196 : 195

Key to species of Pseudoxytenanthera in India

1a. Straggling to subscandent bamboos ...................................................................................................................................................2

1b. Erect bamboos ....................................................................................................................................................................................3

2a. Culms glossy, dull green; culm sheath auricle well developed and ear shaped, falcate............................................... P. monadelpha

2b. Culms golden yellow; culm sheath auricle absent ........................................................................................................ P. bourdillonii

3a. Spikelets 1 flowered, culm cavity completely absent; culm tip whip-like........................................................................... P. ritcheyi

3b. Spikelets 2 flowered, culm cavity either absent or present; culm tip erect ........................................................................................4

4a. Culm sheath wax coated; culm hollow, wall thickness 0.9–1.9 cm; filaments united more than half of the length......... P. madhavii

4b. Culm sheath without wax coat; culms almost solid, wall thickness more than 5 cm, filaments loosely united, enclosed in a tube ... .............................................................................................................................................................................................. P. stocksii