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<creatorName nameType="Personal">Phonepaseuth, Phongphayboun</creatorName>
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<creatorName nameType="Personal">Souladeth, Phetlasy</creatorName>
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<creatorName nameType="Personal">Souvannakhoummane, Keooudone</creatorName>
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<creatorName nameType="Personal">Vongthavone, Thyraphon</creatorName>
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<creatorName nameType="Personal">Tagane, Shuichiro</creatorName>
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<title>Two new species of Sonerila Roxb. (Melastomataceae) from Laos</title>
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<publisher>European Journal of Taxonomy</publisher>
<publicationYear>2021</publicationYear>
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<subject>kingdom: Plantae</subject>
<subject>phylum: Tracheophyta</subject>
<subject>class: Liliopsida</subject>
<subject>class: Polypodiopsida</subject>
<subject>class: Magnoliopsida</subject>
<subject>order: Gentianales</subject>
<subject>order: Lamiales</subject>
<subject>order: Cucurbitales</subject>
<subject>order: Zingiberales</subject>
<subject>order: Myrtales</subject>
<subject>order: Polypodiales</subject>
<subject>family: Melastomataceae</subject>
<subject>family: Hypodematiaceae</subject>
<subject>family: Begoniaceae</subject>
<subject>family: Oleandraceae</subject>
<subject>family: Davalliaceae</subject>
<subject>family: Nephrolepidaceae</subject>
<subject>family: Lamiaceae</subject>
<subject>family: Zingiberaceae</subject>
<subject>family: Gentianaceae</subject>
<subject>genus: Coleus</subject>
<subject>genus: Phyllagathis</subject>
<subject>genus: Davallia</subject>
<subject>genus: Gentiana</subject>
<subject>genus: Begonia</subject>
<subject>genus: Nephrolepis</subject>
<subject>genus: Sonerila</subject>
<subject>genus: Leucostegia</subject>
<subject>genus: Boesenbergia</subject>
<subject>genus: Oleandra</subject>
<subject>species: yunnanensis</subject>
<subject>species: erectifolia</subject>
<subject>species: truncata</subject>
<subject>species: dongnathamensis</subject>
<subject>species: cardamomensis</subject>
<subject>species: tenera</subject>
<subject>species: violifolia</subject>
<subject>species: denticulata</subject>
<subject>species: lecomtei</subject>
<subject>species: bolavenensis</subject>
<subject>species: neodriessenioides</subject>
<subject>species: vatphouensis</subject>
<subject>species: undulata</subject>
<subject>species: burttii</subject>
<subject>species: souvanii</subject>
<subject>species: tuberosa</subject>
<subject>species: souvannii</subject>
<subject>species: plagiocardia</subject>
<subject>species: martabanica</subject>
<subject>species: cordifolia</subject>
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<date dateType="Issued">2021-06-22</date>
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<description descriptionType="Abstract">Two new species of Sonerila Roxb. (Melastomataceae), S. erectifolia Phonep., Soulad. & Tagane sp. nov. from southern Laos, and S. souvannii Phonep. & Soulad. sp. nov. from central Laos, are described and illustrated. Comparisons with morphologically similar species are presented, along with ecological information and preliminary conservation status. A key to the species of Sonerila in Laos is also provided.</description>
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