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NEW RECORDS IN THE FLORA CHECKLISTS OF LAOS, RESULTING FROM A SURVEY OF PHOU HIN POUN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AREA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2017

J. Prosperi ,
V. Lamxay ,
F. Hallé ,
J.-M. Bompard ,
P. Blanc ,
B. R. Ramesh ,
N. Ayyappan  and
S. Cardinal
J. Prosperi
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UMR AMAP, 34398 Montpellier, France AMAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Montpellier, France. E-mail: juliana.prosperi@cirad.fr
V. Lamxay
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Vientiane Capital, PO Box 7322, Laos.
F. Hallé
Affiliation:
Opération Canopée, La Combe, 34380 Rouet, France.
J.-M. Bompard
Affiliation:
Opération Canopée, La Combe, 34380 Rouet, France.
P. Blanc
Affiliation:
CNRS, Fonctionnement, Évolution et Mécanismes Régulateurs des Écosystèmes Forestiers Tropicaux (Ecotrop), 91800 Brunoy, France.
B. R. Ramesh
Affiliation:
Institut Français de Pondichéry, 11 St Louis Street, Pondicherry 605 001, India.
N. Ayyappan
Affiliation:
Institut Français de Pondichéry, 11 St Louis Street, Pondicherry 605 001, India.
S. Cardinal
Affiliation:
Opération Canopée, La Combe, 34380 Rouet, France.
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Abstract

The flora of Laos remains one of the least known within the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. A floristic inventory was carried out in Phou Hin Poun National Biodiversity Conservation Area, an under-explored area of the Khammouane Limestone. This study provides a list of 27 taxa that are additions to the most recent country checklists. The Ebenaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Myrtaceae are the families with the highest species number. In this list, four species are endemic to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam): Cynometra dongnaiensis Pierre, Jasminum vidalii P.S.Green, Memecylon chevalieri Guillaumin and Pothos gigantipes Buchet ex P.C.Boyce. These results illustrate the paucity of our knowledge of the region surveyed and of the flora of Laos in general.

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Additionscanopy accessendemicsforestKhammouane LimestoneLaosnew records
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 91 - 106
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2017) 

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