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Issue: Vol. 687 No. 1: 13 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.687.1.3
Page range: 15-20
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Orophea phouphamarnensis (Annonaceae), a new species from limestone karst in central Laos

Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Laos
Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima University, 1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
Biology Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Laos, Dong Dok, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Laos
Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Laos
Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima University, 1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibarki 305-0005, Japan
Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa- oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Laos
Flora inventory Magnoliales Sphaerocarpon taxonomy Magnoliids

Abstract

In Southeast Asia, approximately 408,000 km2 is covered with limestone, most of which was originally fragmented in distribution (Clements et al. 2006). In Laos, the limestone area is about 30,000 km2, covering ca. 12.6% of land in northern and central Laos. Khammouane Province, central Laos, is one of the core sites of limestone in the country where two main national protected areas, Phou Hin Poun National Protected Area and Hin Nam No National Park, are well known. In addition, the Nam Sanam-Phou Pha Marn Provincial Protected Area (hereafter PPA) covers an area of about 1,500 km2, in which the Rock Viewpoint Phou Pha Marn covers a huge area of the PPA.

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How to Cite

Kongxaisavath, D., Tagane, S., Souvannakhoummane, K., Phengmala, K., Sengthong, A., Dang, V.-S., Nguyen, Q.B., Yamamoto, T., Tanaka, N., Takahashi, K.T. & Souladeth, P. (2025) Orophea phouphamarnensis (Annonaceae), a new species from limestone karst in central Laos. Phytotaxa 687 (1): 15–20. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.687.1.3