What is it about?
Didymocarpus middletonii Souvann., Soulad. & Tagane, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Nam Kading National Protected Area, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Didymocarpus brevicalyx, D. formosus and D. puhoatensis but distinguished from the three by its fewer-flowered inflorescence, longer pedicel, and urceolate and multicellular eglandular hairy calyx. Based on the latest IUCN criteria, Didymocarpus middletonii is proposed to be Critically Endangered (CR). Our record of Didymocarpus represents a new genus record for the flora of Laos.
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Why is it important?
Biodiversity, Didymocarpus brevicalyx, Didymocarpus formosus, Didymocarpus puhoatensis, Indochina, Laos, new taxa, taxonomy.
Perspectives
good information for forest management in future. good information for building monograph, revision and apply aspect.
Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institution
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This page is a summary of: FLORA OF NAM KADING NATIONAL PROTECTED AREA VI: DIDYMOCARPUS MIDDLETONII (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM LIMESTONE, Edinburgh Journal of Botany, November 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0960428618000264.
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