SIX NEW SPECIES OF WURFBAINIA (ZINGIBERACEAE) FROM THAILAND

W.  Kaewsri; S. Sangvirotjanapat

doi:10.24823/EJB.2022.369

SIX NEW SPECIES OF WURFBAINIA (ZINGIBERACEAE) FROM THAILAND

Authors

W. Kaewsri Mahidol University, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-4812
S. Sangvirotjanapat Sireeruckhacharti Nature Learning Park, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1426-8449

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/EJB.2022.369

Keywords:

Amomum, Cardamom, Ginger, Flora, Taxonomy

Abstract

Six new species are described from Thailand: Wurfbainia ellipticarpa, W. geostachyoides, W. globosa, W. longiflora, W. parviflora and W. yingyongii. A line drawing and photographs, information on phenology, distribution, ecology and etymology, and a proposed IUCN conservation category are provided for each species. A key to the species of Wurfbainia in Thailand is also provided.