{"id":10735,"date":"2020-10-03T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.msu.ac.th\/en\/?p=10735"},"modified":"2022-11-16T03:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T03:57:53","slug":"kaempferia-phuphanensis-zingiberaceae-a-new-species-from-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.msu.ac.th\/en\/kaempferia-phuphanensis-zingiberaceae-a-new-species-from-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaempferia phuphanensis (Zingiberaceae), a New Species from Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Asst. Prof. Dr Piyaporn SAENSOUK, <\/strong>a<strong> <\/strong>SCIMSU researcher, and <strong>Assoc. Prof. Dr Surapon SAENSOUK<\/strong>, a researcher from the Walai Rukhavej Botanical Research Institute, discovered <em>Kaempferia phuphanensis<\/em> (Zingiberaceae), a new species from northeastern Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Kaempferia phuphanensis<\/em><\/strong> Saensouk &amp; P. Saensouk, <strong><em>sp. nov<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaempferia phuphanensis is similar to K. marginata Carey and K. galanga L., but it differs in having rhizome dark red outside and anther-crest crenate at apex. A dark red color on the underside and margin of the leaves, petiole, bracts and bracteoles is also characteristic of this species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/science.msu.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10736\" width=\"329\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.msu.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-3.png 439w, https:\/\/science.msu.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-3-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> Endemic to Thailand, only known from the type locality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ecology:<\/strong> It grows in dry deciduous forest at ca. 500 m alt. and appears only in the rainy season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phenology:<\/strong> Flowering and fruiting in rainy season (May\u2013June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vernacular name:<\/strong> Toob-Moob-Ta-Mu-Ta-Mi (Ta-Mu-Ta-Mi means cute). <strong>(\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e15\u0e39\u0e1a\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e39\u0e1a\u0e15\u0e30\u0e21\u0e38\u0e15\u0e30\u0e21\u0e34)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uses:<\/strong> The young leaves and rhizomes are used as vegetable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffea00\">Saensouk, S. and Saensouk, P. 2019. <em>Kaempferia phuphanen<\/em>sis (Zingiberaceae), a New Species from Thailand. The Journal of Japanese Botany. 94(3): 149\u2013152.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asst. 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