Vietnam Pu Luong Nature Reserve Flora

The Pu Luong Nature Reserve covers an area of 16.982,6 ha, It is belonged to Quan Hoa and Ba Thuoc districts, in the north-west corner of Thanh Hoa province. The limestone range is thought likely to encompass much of the remaining limestone associated species-richness. Pu Luong NR supports at least 1109 vascular vegetation species arranged in 447 genera, 152 families, including 42 endemic species of Vietnam and four species in IUCN’s Red List (IUCN, 2003).

It includes 160 species of orchids  in wich there are some rare species such as: Hai orchid(Paphiopedilum spp), Kim tuyen (Anoectochilus spp) and some threatened conifers such as: Đinh tung (Cephalotaxus mannii), De Tung (Amentotaxus yunnanensis), Pedocarpus fleurgi (Podocarpus fleuryi), Pa Co pinus (Pinus kwangtungensis). There are four  new species are discovered in the  biodiversity inventory process.

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