Taxonomic studies on Amomum Roxburgh s.l. (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar II: one new species and five new records for the flora of Myanmar

Hong-Bo Ding; Bin Yang; Mya Bhone Maw; Pyae Pyae Win; Yun-Hong Tan

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.138.38736

Taxonomic studies on Amomum Roxburgh s.l. (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar II: one new species and five new records for the flora of Myanmar

PhytoKeys. 2020 Jan 10:138:139-153. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.138.38736. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Hong-Bo Ding^{1

2}, Bin Yang^{1

2}, Mya Bhone Maw^{1

2}, Pyae Pyae Win³, Yun-Hong Tan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation Yunnan China.
² Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla,Yunnan 666303, China Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences Yunnan China.
³ Forest Research Institute, Forest Department, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar.

Abstract

In the course of a study of Amomum s.l. (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar, Amomum schistocalyx Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding, from Htamanti Wildlife Sanctuary, Sangaing Region of Northern Myanmar is described and illustrated as new to science here. Five taxa: A. yingjiangense S.Q. Tong & Y.M. Xia, A. carnosum V.P. Thomas & M. Sabu, A. tibeticum (T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen) X.E. Ye, L. Bai & N.H. Xia, Lanxangia scarlatina (H.T. Tsai & P.S. Chen) M.F. Newman & Škorničk, and Meistera yunnanensis (S.Q. Tong) Škorničk. & M.F. Newman, are newly recorded from Myanmar. The photographic illustrations, the distributions, and voucher specimens for each species are provided.

Keywords: Lanxangia; Meistera; Kachin State; Putao District; Sangaing Region.

Hong-Bo Ding, Bin Yang, Mya Bhone Maw, Pyae Pyae Win, Yun-Hong Tan.

Grants and funding

the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund (Biodiversity Monitoring and Network Construction along Lancang-Mekong River Basin project), the Southeast Asia biodiversity research institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y4ZK111B01) and the CAS 135 program (No. 2017XTBG-F03).