TY - JOUR AU - Tran Thi Kieu Van AU - Nguyen Phi Nga AU - Le Van Son AU - Hoang Viet PY - 2019/01/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Kaempferia champasakensis pichean. & Koonterm – A new record species for Vietnam JF - Science & Technology Development Journal: Natural Sciences JA - STDJNS VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Original Research DO - https://doi.org/10.32508/stdjns.v2i1.668 UR - http://stdjns.scienceandtechnology.com.vn/index.php/stdjns/article/view/668 AB - A new record species Kaempferia champasakensis Pichean. & Koonterm (Zingiberaceae) to the flora of Vietnam is collected on the sandy land, under semi-deciduous sparse forest of Binh Chau - Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve (Ba Ria-Vung Tau). The differenct characteristics between K. champasakensis and Kaempferia genus species were presented. The new taxon can be easily recognized by its leaves (2-3), blade horizontal, near the ground; pure white flowers with the labellum divided twothird to the base and the large white ovate-elliptic to suborbicular anther crest with greatly varied apex. The detailed description and illustrative pictures based on collected samples of Kaempferia champasakensis in Vietnam were reported in this study.  ER -