Capparis macrantha sp. nov. (Capparaceae, Brassicales), a new shrub species from a deciduous forest of the Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR)

  • Keooudone Souvannakhoummane The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative, National Agriculture and Forest Research Institute, Vientiane
  • Silvio Fici Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo
  • Soulivanh Lanorsavanh Biology Department, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos, Vientiane
  • Jeong Ho Park nternational Environmental Cooperation Center, National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826
  • Ho Sang Kang International Environmental Cooperation Center, National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826
  • Chaloun Bounithiphonh orest Ecology and Environmental Research Unit, National Agriculture and Forest Research Institute, Vientiane
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.656
Keywords: Bolikhamxai Province, Capparaceae, Capparis sect. Monostichocalyx, diversity, ecology

Abstract

Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and large flowers in supra-axillary rows, is described and illustrated from the deciduous forest in Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR). The new species belongs to Capparis sect. Monostichocalyx Radlk. and is morphologically similar to C. radula Gagnep., a shrub widespread in the Indochinese area, differing in the shorter, straight stipular thorns, larger leaves, larger sepals and petals, higher number of stamens with longer filaments and longer gynophore and ovary. Its affinities with related taxa are discussed and a key is provided for the species of Capparis L. known from Lao PDR. The conservation status of the new species is provisionally assessed as Vulnerable (VU D1).

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2020-06-01
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Souvannakhoummane, K., Fici, S., Lanorsavanh, S., Park, J. H., Kang, H. S., & Bounithiphonh, C. (2020). Capparis macrantha sp. nov. (Capparaceae, Brassicales), a new shrub species from a deciduous forest of the Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR). European Journal of Taxonomy, (656). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.656
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No. 656 (2020): Capparis macrantha sp. nov. (Capparaceae, Brassicales), a new shrub species from a deciduous forest of the Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR)
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