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REVIEWS 267 Checklist of Lao Plant Names by Mik!怠 Callaghan.Vientiane,La os; priva飽lyproduced, 2004. 214 pp. e-mail: .Qavak(ci) laotel.c四n 官邸 isaw elcome addition to my library.百lefrrst list was produced by Jules Vidal 加 1959and is now long out-of-print,ra 四lyavailable,a nd botanically out-of-date.百lis new book,e qually comprehensive and scholarly Vidal'swork,h as five basic parts: 酪 botanical names,L ao names也 Romanscript,L ao names泊 Laoscript,c ommon and regional plant names (English,F rench,L ao,e tc.) and ag uide to phonetics and Lao 回nsliteration.百lep副 forbotanical names includes carefully revised genus,s pecies, author citations,fa mily,L ao name in Roman script,L ao name in Lao script,tr anslation of the vernacular name,pl ant type (habit,ex otic,ba mboo,pa lm,ve getable,et cよandcommon n創ne泊 othercoun位ies(Thailand,F rance,V ietn創n,etc.). Synonymous n創nes釘'ealso included with the cu'entname given. 町 Aside企'Omaf ew spelling errors,e. g. Acacia megaladena (not“megdalena") Desv., Cassia instead of Senna,C lerodendrum colebrookianum Walp. =C . glandulosum Colebr. ex L加dl.,佃dnot lis白19many infraspecific names,e. g. Prismatomeris tetrandra (not “tetandra") (Roxb.) K. Sch. (ssp. tetrandra) dPueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Bth. (var. 佃 p加'seoloides),etc.,1h ave not found any m吋or臥 onomicou回,ges.Seidenfaden's marvelous The Orchids ollndochina (Opera Botanica 114 (1992)) was not consulted,so many listings 泊thisfarnily are incoηect,e. g. Dendrobium margaritceum Fin. =D . christyanthum Rchb. = f. and Habenal旬 columbaeRidl. H. lindleyana S旬ud.A map of Laos should have been included since various provinces are often referred to. As more family revisions for China,In do-China,a nd Thailand become available,1 hope that the author updates his magnificent opus. J. F. Maxwell CMUH erbarium Department of Biology Faculty of Science Chiang Mai University

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