THAI FOREST BULLETIN (BOTANY)

Volume 49, No. 01, Month JANUARY, Year 2021, Pages 76 - 87

New records and synonymisations of flemingia (fabaceae phaseoleae) for thailand, laos and myanmar

Sawai Mattapha, Pranom Chantaranothai, Wattana Tanming, Wittaya Pongamornkul, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh

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This paper presents five newly recorded species of Flemingia present in two subgenera; Flemingiastrum and Rhynchosioides. Four species are new for Thailand: F. nana, F. semialata, F. vestita and F. wallichii. One species, F. nana, is new for Myanmar, and one species, F. wightiana, is new for Laos. Two taxa, F. brevipes and F. latifolia var. siamensis, are synonymised under F. macrophylla. Detailed morphological descriptions and colour photographs are provided. A key to the species in Flemingia subgenus Flemingiastrum for Thailand is provided.

Keywords

Flemingia, Indo-China, Leguminosae, synonymy, taxonomy

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