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Khon Kaen U n iv e r s it y is th e f i r s t h ig h e r - le a r n in g i n s t i t u t i o n e v e r e s ta b lis h e d in th e n o r th - e a s te r n re g io n o f T h a ila n d . The lo c a tio n i s a t th e v i c i n i t y o f th e Khon Kaen .P ro v in c e , and a lo n g th e w e s t s id e o f th e U u p e r- Hi.;; hv/ay N o. 2 w h ic h is d ire c te d n o r th to U d orn P ro v in c e .\
The canpus i s som ewhat r e c ta n g u la r in s h a p e , c o v e rin g an a re a a b o u t 11 s q u a re k ilo m e te r s , s itu a te d on th e u n d u la tin g g ro u n d th a t s la n ts down s o u th w a rd s . I t i s known t h a t t h is s e le c te d s it e f o r th e U n iv e r s it y Campus was fo r m e r ly ล degraded f o r e s t o f m ixe d d e c id u o u s ty p e c o m p ris in g v a rio u s k in d s o f t r e e , s h ru b , c lim b e r, and many h e rb a c e o u s e n t it ie s in c lu d in g g ra s s e s and se d g e s, i t p re s e n t, a p a rt fro m a re a used f o r a d m in is tr a tiv e b u ild in g and g ro u n d o f d if f e r e n t f a c u lt ie s , o f f ic e s and o th e r u n iv e r s it y d e v e lo p m e n t such OB ะ r e s id e n t ia l h o u s in g s , u n iv e r s it y fa rm s , ro a d s and r e c r e a tio n g ro u n d , th e re a re s t i l l m ore a re a s w it h in th e campus l e f t o r ig in a l f o r in te n s iv e fa u n a and f l o r a s tu d y . T h is w o rk is d e s ig n e d f o r th e p u rp o se o f s tu d y in g th e f l o r a o f th e cam pus, w h ic h is n o t c o n d u c te d b e fo re raid th e r e s u lt th o u g h f a r fro m c o m p le te n e s s i s e x p e c te d to be a p rim e academ ic im p o rta n c e as a b a s ic re c o rd c f f l o r a l e le m e n ts , f o r th e n o r th - e a s te r n u n iv e r s it y , and o f c o u rs e a c o n tr ib u tio n to th e T h a i F lo r a as '. / e ll- The T axonom ic
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tu d y o f F lo w e rin g P la n ts in Khon Kaen U n iv e r s it y Campus.
