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Issue: Vol. 270 No. 3: 19 August 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.270.3.7
Page range: 223–226
Abstract views: 23
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Argostemma laotica (Rubiaceae), a new species from Laos

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Lao PDR Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Lao PDR Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Argostemma laotica Rubiaceae Eudicots

Abstract

Argostemma laotica, a new species from Laos, is described and illustrated. The species appears most similar to A. concinnum but differs in having pubescent stem, corolla and ovaries, oblique leaf base, shorter pedicel and smaller anthers which a dehiscence by an apical pore. The conservation status of this new species is vulnerable (VU D2).