Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar IX: Five New Distributional Records of Flowering Plants from Chin State, Kachin State and Tanintharyi Region

Ai Nagahama; Takashi Sugawara; Mu Mu Aung; Axel Dalberg Poulsen; Kate E. Armstrong; Shuichiro Tagane; Nobuyuki Tanaka

doi:10.50826/bnmnsbot.49.2_49

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Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar IX: Five New Distributional Records of Flowering Plants from Chin State, Kachin State and Tanintharyi Region

Ai Nagahama , Takashi Sugawara, Mu Mu Aung, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, Kate E. Armstrong, Shuichiro Tagane, Nobuyuki Tanaka

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Keywords: Annonaceae, Costaceae, Fabaceae, introduced species, new records, Rubiaceae, Zingiberaceae

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2023 Volume 49 Issue 2 Pages 49-55

DOI https://doi.org/10.50826/bnmnsbot.49.2_49

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Monoon membranifolium (Annonaceae) and Cheilocostus tonkinensis (Costaceae), from Tanintharyi Region, Rubia sikkimensis (Rubiaceae) from Chin State, and Hedychium deceptum (Zingiberaceae) from Kachin State, Myanmar, are reported as new additions to the flora of Myanmar. In addition, an introduced species, Centrosema pubescens (Fabaceae), is also newly recorded in the country. Voucher specimens, photographs, geographical distribution, ecology and taxonomic notes are provided for each species.

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