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Two new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Cambodia

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Two new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Bokor National Park, Kampot province, southwest Cambodia are described and illustrated: E. bokorense Soulad. & Praj. and E. cambodianum Soulad. & Praj. Information regarding the habitat and an IUCN provisional conservation assessment of each species are provided.

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We should like to thank the curators and staff of BKF, BM, E, FOF, FU, HHU, HNL, K, KAG, KEP, KKU, KYO, L, LINN, M, NY, P, QBG, RUPP, and VNM herbaria for loans of specimens and access to the material studied. We thank Dr Sovanmoly Hul (P) and Mrs Peou Youleang (RUPP) for their help during field expeditions in Cambodia, Dr Shuichiro Tagane (KAG) for sharing photos and specimens from his work in Cambodia, Dr Sirinan Khorngton (KKU) for preparing the drawing and Mr Sangmany Boutthavong (Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos) for providing a distribution map. We are grateful to the Franklinia Foundation who contributed to the fieldwork through a grant to the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle for the Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. This project was financially supported by the U.K. Darwin Initiative (grant no. EIDPS033), the Sud Expert Plantes Développement Durable (SEP2D): Botanical study of the Eriocaulaceae, Bambusoideae (Gramineae) and Zingiberaceae in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), and a Khon Kaen University Scholarship for ASEAN and GMS Countries’ Personnel. The FOF herbarium in Laos is supported by the the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (Second Batch). The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is supported by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services Division.

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  1. Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos, Lao PDR, Dongdok campus, Vientiane Capital, Laos

    Phetlasy Souladeth

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    Phetlasy Souladeth & Amornrat Prajaksood

  3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 5LR, UK

    Mark F. Newman

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Souladeth, P., Newman, M.F. & Prajaksood, A. Two new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Cambodia. Kew Bull 77, 127–137 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10005-8

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