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A Photo Guide to Plants of Nam Kading National Protected Area in Laos

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the managers and staff of the Nam Kading National Protected Area for granting permission and providing invaluable support for our botanical survey …

Phetlasy Souladeth, Takenori Yamamoto, Thyraphon Vongthavone, Deuanta Kongxaisavath, Anousone Sengthong, Kajonesuk Phengmala, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Van-Son Dang, Quoc-Trong Pham, Vuong-Ba Truong, Quoc-Bao Nguyen, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kotaro T. Takahashi, Tetsukazu Yahara, and Shuichiro Tagane

published in 2025, English language

Five New Records of Cyperaceae for the Flora of Laos

Five species of Cyperaceae, Carex breviscapa, Carex cryptostachys, Cyperus trialatus, Fimbristylis kernii, and Mapania enodis, are recorded for the first time in Laos, the first of which was obtained…

Kotaro T. Takahashi, Phetlasy Souladeth and Shuichiro Tagane

published in 2025, language

Three new records of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae (Zingiberaceae: Zingibereae) for the flora of Laos

Three species of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae, Curcuma bicolor, C. nakhonphanomensis and C. rubroaurantiaca, are newly recorded for the flora of Laos. Descriptions and colour plates, as well as notes on e…

Keooudone SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, Phetlasy SOULADETH, Soulivanh LANORSAVANH & Jana LEONG-ŠKORNIČKOVÁ

published in 2025, English language

An annotated checklist of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos

Eleven species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) are recorded from the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos. A key to the species, photographs, vernacular names, taxonomic notes and information on distributi…

Kaito YAMAZAKI, Phetlasy SOULADETH & Shuichiro TAGANE

published in 2025, English language

Studies on the Gesneriaceae in Laos II: Lysionotus calcicola, a new species from limestone karsts in north and central Laos, supported by morphological and molecular evidence

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Lysionotus calcicola Phonep., Soulad. & Souvann., is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence. This species is distributed in limeston…

Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Phetlasy Souladeth, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Shuichiro Tagane and Nobuyuki Tanaka

published in 2025, English language

Two new records of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) for the Flora of Laos

Two species of Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae), viz. L. biflorus (Blume) M.Gangop. & Chakrab. and L. hispidulus (Drake) Pit., from Nam Kading National Protected Area in central Laos, are reported as n…

Pham Q.T., Tagane S., Souladeth P., Yamamoto T., Phonepaseuth P., Vongthavone T., Kongxaisavath D., Truong B.V. & V.S. Dang

published in 2025, English language

Three New Species and a New Record of Murdannia (Commelinaceae) for the Flora of Laos

The genus Murdannia Royle was recognized as a member of the family Commelinaceae, known for its beautiful and outstanding flowers, which made it highly valued as an ornamental plant. In this study, th…

Anousone Sengthong, Surapon Saensouk, Piyaporn Saensouk, Kajonesuk Phengmala, Thawatphong Boonma and Phetlasy Souladeth

published in 2025, English language

Begonia In Southern Laos, With One New Country and Two New Regional Records

Ten species of Begonia are recorded from southern Laos, including a new record of B. rubrosetosa based on specimens collected recently from Dak Cheung Plateau, Sekong Province, in southern Laos, and t…

Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Cuong Huu Nguyen, Dang Ha Van, Phetlasy Souladeth and Noriaki Murakami.

published in 2025, English language

Gomphandra laotica (Stemonuraceae), a New Species from Central Laos

A new species of Gomphandra, G. laotica Soulad., V.S.Dang & Tagane (Stemonuraceae) is described from central Laos. It is characterized by its capitate inflorescences, 7–12 pairs of secondary veins…

Phetlasy SOULADETH, Keooudone SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, Van Son DANG, Takenori YAMAMOTO4 and Shuichiro TAGANE

published in 2025, English language

Ilex namkadingensis: a new species of Aquifoliaceae from central Laos

Ilex namkadingensis V.S.Dang, Tagane & Soulad., a new species of Aquifoliaceae from Bolikhamxai, central Laos, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Ilex rubr…

Dang V.S., Souladeth P., Nguyen Q.B., Kongxaisavath D., Phengmala K., Sengthong. A., Souvannakhoummane K., Vongthavone T., Yamamoto T., Tanaka N., Takahashi K.T. & S. Tagane

published in 2025, English language

Vaccinium bidoupense (Ericaceae), a new species from Vietnam and Laos, with notes on V. petelotii and V. pseudobullatum

Vaccinium bidoupense, a new species of Ericaceae from the Central Highlands of Vietnam and their vicinity in Laos, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to V. petelo…

Thi Thanh Huong Nguyen, Shuichiro Tagane, Leonid V. Averyanov, Van Son Dang, Peter W. Fritsch, Yi-Hua Tong, Phetlasy Souladeth, Maxim S. Nuraliev.

published in 2025, English language

Grewia souladethiana, a new species of Malvaceae from Laos

Grewia souladethiana (Malvaceae-Grewioideae) is described and illustrated from Phou Hin Poun National Park, Khammouane Province, in central Laos. The new species grows at the edge of evergreen broad-l…

KAJONESUK PHENGMALA, SHUICHIRO TAGANE, VAN-SON DANG, DEUANTA KONGXAISAVATH, TAKENORI YAMAMOTO, KEOOUDONE SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, PHONGPHAYBOUN PHONEPASEUTH, THYRAPHON VONGTHAVONE, ANOUSONE SENGTHONG, PHAM QUOC TRONG, KAITO YAMAZAKI.

published in 2025, English language

Phylogenetic systematics of the Amolops monticola group (Amphibia: Ranidae), with description of a new species from northwestern Laos

The Amolops monticola group contains approximately 12 morphologically similar species distributed across much of mainland Southeast Asia. Approximately half of the species in the group were described …

Bryan L. Stuart, Raoul H. Bain, Somphouthone Phimmachak, And Kelly Spence

published in 2010, English language

Systematics, Ecology and Management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. (The Biological Bases of Sustainable Use)

The Greater Mekong region is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. Home to the world’s largest freshwater fish species and extensive tiger habitat, its forests, rivers, grasslands…

Charles M. Peters, Andrew Henderson, Nguyễn Quốc Dựng and Thibault Ledecq

published in 2014, English language

NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS

Summary. Herbarium material collected in 2009–2013 in Cambodia and Laos provides 240 new localities for 156 orchid species (from 73 genera). Among them, 13 and 45 species respectively are new for the …

L.V. Averyanov

published in 2013, English language

Monograph on Benzoin

Lao PDR is the major producer of Siam or Lao benzoin, a balsamic resin obtained from the yan tree (Styrax tonkinensis), which is native to Southeast Asia. Annual production of Siam benzoin, one of the…

Masakazu Kashio, Dennis V. Johnson

published in 2018, English language

Edible and Medicinal Wild Mushrooms in Lao PDR.

Due to the rich ecological landscape and biodiversity of Lao PDR, a great number of wild mushrooms are available for consumption and sales. Many mushrooms are known for their good taste and nutritious…

Ole S. Pedersen

published in 2018, English language

Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

The land area of Laos is composed of a large variety of undisturbed habitats, such as high mountainous areas, huge limestone karsts and the lower Mekong Basin. Therefore, Laos is expected to have a hi…

Khamla Inkhavilay, Chirasak Sutcharit, Ueangfa Bantaowong, Ratmanee Chanabun, Warut Siriwut, Ruttapon Srisonchai, Arthit Pholyotha, Parin Jirapatrasilp, Somsak Panha

published in 2019, English language