WILDLIFE IN LAO PDR-1999 STATUS REPORT
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Cymbilabia sourioudongii (Orchidaceae), a new species from Lao PDR
Cymbilabia sourioudongii, a new species of epiphytic orchid is described and illustrated from Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area of Laos PDR. Keywords: Illegal orchid trade, New species, Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Vandopsis.
Gymnosperms of Laos
Gymnosperm plant species form a small relictual group of higher plants, representing the most sensitive ancient elements of modern tropical floras. Gymnosperms are highly vulnerable to numerous destabilizing factors presently affecting the Earth’s biosphere.
World checklist of Bamboos and Rattans
This book contains a global checklist of all known species of bamboos and rattans. It is an authoritative source of information on accepted species of bamboos and rattans, the correct names that should be applied to them, and the incorrect names that should not be used. It has been compiled from expert data sources, edited […]
Studies in Asian Nervilia (Orchidaceae) VII: Nervilia kasiensis, a new Lao endemic
A new species belonging to the terrestrial orchid genus Nervilia is described from Kasi District, Vientiane Province, northern Laos. Referable to the widespread and species-rich N. adolphi / punctata alliance on account of its solitary flower, slender white and violet-marked labellum and glabrous, angular leaf, N. kasiensis is morphologically most closely allied to N. muratana […]
