A revision of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) from Vietnam
Author
Dang, Van-Son
0000-0001-8681-4141
Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907 - 1541 Japan. & Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam. & dvsonitb @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8681 - 4141
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Author
Naiki, Akiyo
0000-0002-3235-2823
Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907 - 1541 Japan. & Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907 - 1541 Japan. & naiki @ lab. u-ryukyu. ac. jp; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3235 - 2823 * Author for correspondence
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Phytotaxa
2023
2023-01-26
581
1
1921
1935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.581.1.1
1179-3163
7571550
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Lasianthus annamicus
Pit. (1924: 379)
—
Fig. 14
(plate),
Fig. 15
(map)
Type:
—
VIETNAM
.
Lam Dong Province
,
Langbian Plateau
,
800–1000 m
elev.,
30 April 1919
,
A. Chevalier
40425
(
holotype
P! [P02285255])
.
Specimens
examined:
—
VIETNAM
.
Central
:
Lam Dong Province
,
Bidoup Nui Ba National Park
,
50 km
northeast of
Dalat City
,
1430 m
elev.,
12 July 2019
,
Dang V.S.
&
Hoang N.S.
,
Dang
392
(
VNM
)
.
Distribution:
—Endemic to
Vietnam
(currently known as Bidoup Nui Ba National Park in
Lam Dong Province
and Hon Ba Nature Reserve in
Khanh Hoa Province
).
Habitat & Ecology:
—Growing under the shade of the primary forest on fertile soil at
800–1700 m
elev.
Phenology:
—Flowering and fruiting from April to September.
Vernacular name:
—Xú hưƠng trung bộ.
Notes:
—
Lasianthus annamicus
was described by
Pitard (1924)
from a Vietnamese specimen (
A. Chevalier 40425
) which was collected from Langbian Plateau of
Lam Dong Province
. It is characterized by having branches of brown ferruginous hirsute, leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, secondary veins 8–9 on each side of midrib, inflorescences axillary, cymose, 1–3-flowered, bracts
5 mm
long, and calyx with lobes 6.
This species is closely related to
L. attenuatus
Jack
based on fruit and inflorescences shape, and flower color at anthesis, but differs from the latter in having cuneate leaf base (vs. oblique, cordate or rounded bases in
L. attenuatus
) and calyx with lobes 6 (vs. lobes
5 in
L. attenuatus
).