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Studies on the genusCapparisL. (Capparaceae) in Lao PDR

Silvio Fici

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0106 biological sciencesCapparisOld WorldEcologybiologyTraditional medicineSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaCapparaceaePlant Sciencebiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCapparis micracanthaLao PDRGeographyCapparis zeylanicaTaxonGenusBotanynew varietychorologyTeneraEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsCapparis sect. Monostichocalyx010606 plant biology & botany

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Southeastern Asia is one of the main centres of diversity of the genus Capparis in the Old World. Morpho-chorological investigations carried out on collections from Lao PDR provided new data on the variation and distribution of some intrageneric taxa that were critical, poorly known or unrecorded in the country. The variability of Capparis pyrifolia and Capparis zeylanica is discussed, while Capparis acutifolia subsp. acutifolia and Capparis tenera are respectively confirmed and first recorded in Lao PDR. A new variety of Capparis micracantha is described and 12 lectotypes are designated. For each taxon morphological, chorological and autecological data are given.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-07-02Webbia
https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2016.1232928