报道了产于云南西部贡山县高黎贡山西坡的巴坡、撕拉洛等地海拔1380~1500m独龙江河畔的空竹属一新种——毒空竹(Cephalostachyumvir uientum Y.M.Yang et Fan Du sp.nov.)。新种与空竹(C.fuchsianum Gain—ble)近似,合轴丛生,秆直立,秆极光亮,无主枝,小枝具叶7—9片;叶片卵状披针形,长20~25cm,宽4~4.5cm,叶背面无毛;叶柄长仅5mm,叶鞘口紫色,无燧毛,明显区别于其他种类。
Cephalostachyum virulentum Y. M. Yang et Fan Du sp. nov. , a new species of Cephalostachyum t rom Bapo and Silaluo at west slope of Gaoligong Mountain located in west Yunnan was described and illustrated. It is similar to C.fuchsianum Gamble, characterized by sympoidialia, erect culm, shining stem surface, no main branch, 7 - 9 leaves on branchlet, leaf obovate lanceolate, leaf 20 - 25 cm long and 4 - 4.5 cm width, leaf back glabrous, petiole 5mm long, leaf sheath violet, without setis oralibus, obviously differed from other species of Ceph-alostachyum.