Abstract:Seventeen vascular species newly recorded to the flora of Hong Kong are reported. They are Hymenasplenium apogamum (N. Murak. & Hatan.) Nakaike,Leptochilus decurrens Blume, Amydrium hainanense (H. Li, Y. Shiao & S. L. Tseng) H. Li, Laurocerasus hypotricha (Rehder) T. T. Yu & L. T. Lu, Rubus buergeri Miq., Quercus pachyloma Seemen, Lithocarpus glaucusChun & C. C. Huang ex H. G. Ye, L. longanoides C. C. Huang & Y. T. Chang, Murraya euchrestifolia Hayata, Diospyros chunii F. P. Metcalf & L. Chen, Myrsine linearis (Lour.) Poir., M. semiserrata Wall., Schima remotiserrata Hung T. Chang, Heterostemma brownii Hayata, Urceola napeensis (Quint.) D. J. Middleton, Utricularia minutissima Vahl, Blumea aromatica DC., in which Heterostemma Wight & Arn. is a newly recorded genus. Key descriptions, distribution information and the differences from closely related species are provided. Most of the newly recorded species are found in remote and less accessible sites. Further exploration of these and similar locations may well result in the discovery of more new records.
