Thawatchaia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1]
The genus name of Thawatchaia is in honour of Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), a Thai herbarium director in Bangkok, and also, Thawatchai Wongprasert (fl. 2000), a plant collector.[2] It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. Vol.55 on page 66 in 2004.[1]
It is native range to Thailand and Laos.[1]
Accepted by Kew:[1]
Thawatchaia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.
The genus name of Thawatchaia is in honour of Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), a Thai herbarium director in Bangkok, and also, Thawatchai Wongprasert (fl. 2000), a plant collector. It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. Vol.55 on page 66 in 2004.