KAEMPFERIA JENJITTIKULIAE (KAEMPFERIA SUBG. PROTANTHIUM: ZINGIBERACEAE), A NEW, ENDANGERED SPECIES ENDEMIC TO THAILAND

Authors

  • N. Nopporncharoenkul Mahidol University
  • T. Somnoo Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
  • W. Tanming Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0924-7347
  • C. Maknoi Romklao Botanic Garden, Bopak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/EJB.2021.350

Keywords:

Anther crest, Critically Endangered, floral morphology, Kaempferia lopburiensis, Kaempferia rotunda, new species, Phetchabun Province

Abstract

Kaempferia jenjittikuliae, a new species of Kaempferia subg. Protanthium (Zingiberaceae) from Central–Northeastern Thailand, is described and illustrated. The diagnostic characters of this novel taxon are discussed and compared with those of the morphologically similar species Kaempferia lopburiensis, K. rotunda and K. udonensis. Detailed photographs of plants and dissected flowers, and information on phenology, distribution and ecology, are provided. A preliminary IUCN conservation assessment of Critically Endangered (CR) is assigned.

A general image of a species illustrated in the paper

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Published

2021-03-19

Issue

Vol. 78 (2021): Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Section

Original Research Articles

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