Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a new plant species, Eumachia brevipedunculata, in the tropical rainforests of southern Yunnan, China, and northern Laos.

During biodiversity survey in Oudomxay Province, northern Laos, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered an unidentified Lysimachia species growing on a limestone cliff in a karst cave. They collected specimens during the fruiting season and transplanted the living plants to the garden. After careful morphological studies, they confirmed that the materials represented a species new to science.