A Year in Review: 2020

In 2020, eight species of plants in Zingiberaceae, Convolulaceae and Menispermaceae, all new to science, and one new species record in Thailand were published by staff and students from Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

New Record
10 Jan 2020
Impatiens capillipes Hook.f. & Thomson
https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2020.48.1.08
https://plantscience.sc.mahidol.ac.th/?p=3725&fbclid=IwAR2_j7g4TZYp3wEOi8zAbh8CcUGFZZwjb0dBhWlisUaRI6FZHHUCRC1NMRU&lang=th
New Species
19 Feb 2020
Kaempferia aurora Noppornch. & Jenjitt.
Kaempferia caespitosa Noppornch. & Jenjitt.
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.02633
https://ngthai.com/environment/28846/new-species/?fbclid=IwAR03cgE3tVmmcOtEoTwtjJmyIYwNvTROeEkaJESg33p9w7ibckXKAv6HlHQ
29 April 2020
Kaempferia albiflora Jenjitt. & Ruchis.
DOI 10.1007/S12225-020-9868-4
https://plantscience.sc.mahidol.ac.th/?p=4073&fbclid=IwAR3Px3nV4ZS6NeV_zJAsbhV9A0F8fncSMKi5vvH1yK5N169uYz9tDY6YIbY&lang=th
4 June 2020
Argyreia pseudosolanum Traiperm & Suddee
https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/50379/
19 October 2020
Stephania kaweesakii Jenjitt. & Ruchis.
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.464.3.9
https://plantscience.sc.mahidol.ac.th/?p=5413&fbclid=IwAR1h9XufOPucOkkmQ9saQYXNc5WOF1sxfb_KUMUHCaTdt6tvL4394tZjFmc
November 2020
Scaphochlamys longipedunculata Maknoi, Ruchis. & Jenjitt.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428620000177
https://plantscience.sc.mahidol.ac.th/?p=5003&lang=th
https://www.matichon.co.th/news-monitor/news_2216746
December 2020
Kaempferia minuta Jenjitt. & K. Larsen
Kaempferia pardi K. Larsen & Jenjitt.
https://thesiamsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RA1.NHBSS-V.641.pdf