Flora of Bokor National Park, Cambodia I : Thirteen New Species and One Change in Status

Abstract

Thirteen new species from Bokor National Park, Kampot Province, Cambodia are described and illustrated: Heteropanax bokorensis Tagane & Nagam., sp. nov., Schefflera cambodiana Yahara & Tagane, sp. nov., Dichapetalum cambodianum Tagane & Nagam., sp. nov., Elaeocarpus bokorensis Tagane, sp. nov., Croton phourinii H. Toyama & Tagane, sp. nov., Lithocarpus eriobotryifolius Yahara, sp. nov., Cinnamomum bokorense Tagane & Yahara, sp. nov., Cinnamomum dimorphandrum Yahara & Tagane, sp. nov., Lindera bokorensis Tagane & Yahara, sp. nov., Memecylon bokorensis Tagane, sp. nov., Syzygium elephantinum Tagane, sp. nov., Phyllanthus bokorensis Tagane, sp. nov., and Ardisia smaragdinoides Yahara & Tagane, sp. nov. In addition, Rhaphiolepis mekongensis (Cardot) Tagane & H. Toyama, stat. nov. is recognized as a distinct species. A lectotype for R. indica var. mekongensis Cardot is also selected.