Open AccessA new species of Paraboea and a new species record of Middletonia (Gesneriaceae) from a limestone karst in Central Laos
Author(s) -
Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth,
Keooudone Souvannakhoummane,
Shuichiro Tagane,
Phetlasy Souladeth,
Tetsukazu Yahara
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thai forest bulletin (botany) (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2465-423X
DOI - 10.20531/tfb.2021.49.1.17
Subject(s) - gesneriaceae , karst , flora (microbiology) , botany , biology , geography , paleontology , bacteria
A new species of Paraboea (Gesneriaceae), P. khotamiae, from a limestone karst in central Laos, is described and illustrated. The species resembles Paraboea bintangensis, P. prazeri and P. robusta, but differs in leaf shape and floral features, especially corolla shape and size, the interior of the corolla tube, and capsule characters. In addition, we report the occurrence of Middletonia reticulata (Gesneriaceae) for the flora of Laos for the first time.