MSU Researchers Discover a New Species of Amorphophallus (Araceae) in Northeastern Thailand
MSU researchers, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wilawan Promprom and Assoc. Prof. Wannachai Chatan, at the Faculty of Science and their team have discovered a new species from the plant family Amorphophallus (Araceae) in northeastern Thailand. The new species, named “𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 Chatan & Promprom”, is found in tropical humid forests, has height of only 10 cm and contain green mature seeds. This investigation has been published in PhytoKeys journal in 2023.
Promprom W, Chatan W, Pasorn P, Prasertsri N, Angkahad T (2023) A new species of 𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠 (Araceae) from northeastern Thailand. PhytoKeys 229: 131–138.
For information about the research: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.229.106466
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