Fig 1.
Geographical location of Lao PDR and the compared neighbouring countries.
(The figure was made by the Landscape Ecology Lab., Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS).
Fig 2.
Topography of the Indochina peninsula.
(The figure was made by the Landscape Ecology Lab., Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS).
Table 1.
Dominant (top 30) families and genera in species richness with their distribution.
Table 2.
Geographical elements of seed plants at the family level in the flora of Laos.
Table 3.
Geographical elements of seed plants at the generic level in the flora of Laos.
Table 4.
Comparison of floristic similarities at the generic and specific levels.
Table 5.
Comparison of geographical elements of seed plants at the family level.
Table 6.
Comparison of geographical elements of seed plants at the generic level.
Fig 3.
The main geoblocks in Southeast Asia (from Fortey et al., 1998).