A new species of Desmodium (Leguminosae; tribe Desmodieae) from Thailand and Laos with two new distribution records and lectotypifications for Thailand

WITSANU SAISORN; HENRIK BALSL; PRANOM CHANTARANOTHAI

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.263.2.8

Issue: Vol. 263 No. 2: 1 June 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-06-01

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.263.2.8

Page range: 154–160

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**A new species of Desmodium (Leguminosae; tribe Desmodieae) from Thailand and Laos with two new distribution records and lectotypifications for Thailand**

WITSANU SAISORN⁺⁻
HENRIK BALSL⁺⁻
PRANOM CHANTARANOTHAI⁺⁻

Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark

Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Desmodieae Fabaceae Papilionoideae taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

A new species of Desmodium (Leguminosae), D. brevipedicellatum W.Saisorn, Chantar. & Balslev from Thailand and Laos is described and illustrated. Two taxa, D. concinnum DC. and D. laxiflorum DC. subsp. lacei (Schindl.) H.Ohashi, are reported as new for Thailand. Lectotypes of D. amoenum Wall. ex Benth. and D. penduliflorum Wall. ex Benth. are designated.