New contributions to the flora of Myanmar I

In this study, we describe several new taxa belonging to the flora of Myanmar. One new family, Polyosmaceae(Polyosma wallichii Benn.) is recorded. Over ten new genera are recorded for the first time,including Amentotaxus Pilger(Taxaceae), Hydrobryopsis Engler(Podostemaceae), Cyrtosia Blume and Biermannia King & Pantling(Orchidaceae), Eleutharrhena Forman and Haematocarpus Miers(Menispermaceae), Craigia W.W. Smith & W.E. Evans(Malvaceae), Amblyanthopsis Mez(Primulaceae), Huodendron Rehder and Rehderodendron Hu(Styracaceae), Platea Blume(Metteniusaceae), Achyrospermum Blume(Lamiaceae), Christisonia Gardner(Orobanchaceae). In addition, five new species are described and illustrated: Tupistra natmataungensis Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding, Biermannia burmanica Y.H. Tan & Bin Yang,Impatiens megacalyx Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding, Amblyanthopsis burmanica Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding, Platea kachinensis Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding. The distribution, ecology, phenology, and conservation status of these new species are also described.