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	A new population of Popowia pisocarpa (Annonaceae) in Lam Tsuen
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A new population of Popowia pisocarpa (Annonaceae) in Lam Tsuen

by Ng Sai Chit

A new population of about 30 plants of the rare understorey shrub, Popowia pisocarpa (Blume) Endl., was found in Lam Tsuen in the feng-shui wood of Ma Po Mai Village in a recent field visit by myself, Ken K.Y. So of KFBG, and Angie Ng (KFBG volunteer) on 30 August 2002. This species was previously known to be locally abundant in the feng-shui wood at Tai Om, with a few scattered individuals also in the feng-shui wood at Ng Tung Chai (Corlett et al., 2000). Although the occurrence of P. pisocarpa at this new site is not surprising, given its proximity to Tai Om, the fact that this highly accessible population had not been heard of shows how little we still know of the lowland feng-shui woods of Hong Kong.

Bibliography

Corlett, R.T., Xing, F.W., Ng, S.C., Chau, K.C.L., & Wong, M.Y.L. (2000). Hong Kong vascular plants: distribution and status. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 23: 1-157.