Croton nagaoi, a new species of Euphorbiaceae from southern Laos
Croton nagaoi (Euphorbiaceae) is described based on a specimen collected from the basin of the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos. It is most similar to Croton thorelii Gagnep. of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam in size and shape of lamina, short petioles less than 1 cm long, and basal glands lateral on the abaxial midrib base, […]
Notes on Apocynaceae in Laos: Chilocarpus denudatus, Kopsia vidalii and Parsonsia penangiana
Two species of Apocynaceae, Chilocarpus denudatus and Kopsia vidalii, are newly recorded for Laos. The genus Chilocarpus is also a new generic record for Laos. Notes on Parsonsia penangiana are also provided. A description, photographs, ecological information, vernacular names, and an IUCN conservation status based on our collections are provided for each species
Systematics of the Lao torrent frog, Amolops cremnobatus Inger & Kottelat, 1998 (Anura: Ranidae), with descriptions of four new species
The Lao torrent frog Amolops cremnobatus Inger & Kottelat, 1998 was recently hypothesized, based on mitochondrial DNA, to consist of more than a single species across its range in Laos and flanking regions of Vietnam and Thailand. We tested this hypothesis using mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA, and quantitative and qualitative morphological data from adults and […]
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Conservation Breeding of the Laos Warty Newt (Laotriton laoensis) Until the F3-Generation
Since 2008 the commercial trade of Laotriton laoensis has been prohibited in Laos. This is to be welcomed although protection in practice is hardly to be monitored. According to IUCN the species is listed as “Endangered EN”. The species is still threatened by local people by poisonous fishing. The newts are used for food in […]
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Six new species of Argostemma Wall. (Rubiaceae) from Laos
Argostemma Wall. is a large genus of herbaceous plants in the tribe Argostemmateae (Rubiaceae–Rubioideae), mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and its taxonomy is far from completely known. Eight species of Argostemma were previously reported from Laos, but we here add six more species (Argostemma lamxayanum, A. lobbioides, A. longisepalum, A. paksongense, A. svengsuksae and A. […]
Begonia xenos—a new species and an updated checklist of Begonia in Laos
This study provides an updated list of Begonia occurring in Laos, and a new species is added to the checklist. The new taxon, Begonia xenos C.W.Lin, Phonep. & Rahm is similar to B. sinofloribunda Dorr in habit and leaf shape, but the new species differs in its staminate flowers having 4 tepals (vs. 2) with slightly crenulate (vs. entire) margins, pistillate […]
Eight new species of Globba (Zingiberaceae) from Thailand and Lao PDR
Eight new species of Globba from Thailand and Lao PDR are described and illustrated; Globba chrysantha, G. janae, G. larsenii, G. longiligulata, G. luteola, G. mollis, G. poomae, and G. rupestris. Distribution maps and provisional IUCN assessments of each species are provided
ບັນຊີລາຍຊື່ພືດທີ່ມີທໍ່ລຳລຽງຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ (A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR version 1.0)
ປື້ມບັນຊີລາຍຊື່ພືດຂອງສປປລາວເຫຼັ້ມນີ້ໄດ້ລວບລວມລາຍຊື່ພືດຂອງລາວທີ່ໄດ້ ປັບປຸງ ແລະ ໄດ້ບັນທຶກໄວ້ໃນເວບໄຊດ໌ຂອງສວນພຶກສາສາດເອດິນເບີກ (https://padme.rbge.org.uk/laos/list) ເຖິງ 2021, ພ້ອມທັງມີການເພີ່ມບັນດາລາຍຊື່ຊະນິດພືດຂອງ ລາວ ທີ່ຜ່ານການພັນລະນາ ແລະ ຈັດພິມ ໂດຍນັກຄົ້ນຄວ້າຂອງນັກພຶກສາສາດຂອງລາວ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ ໄດ້ພິມອອກໃນວາລະສານທາງວິທະຍາສາດພາຍໃຕ້ການສະໜັບສະໜູນຂອງໂຄງ ການສ້າງຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງທາງດ້ານການຄົ້ນຄວ້າວິທະຍາສາດຂອງຄະນະວິທະຍາສາດທຳ ມະຊາດ, ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດ ທີ່ມີການພົວພັນກັບການອະນຸລັກຊີວະນາໆພັນ ແລະ ການປົກປັກຮັກສາສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ (PICE / LAN 2).
