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 dvsonitb@gmail.com 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 naiki@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp text 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 35. Lasianthus kbangensis V.S.Dang, Vuong & Naiki (2022: 292) Fig. 59 (plate), Fig. 57 (map) Type: VIETNAM . Gia Lai province , K’Bang district , Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve , 1015 m elev., 20 April 2021 , Van-Son Dang , Ba Vuong Truong , Ngoc Minh Tam Thao Duong , Ngan Thi Kim Le & Dinh Hiep Nguyen , Dang 463 ( holotype VNM ! [ VNM00045839 ]; isotypes HN ! VNM ! [ VNM00045840 ]) . FIGURE 59. Lasianthus kbangensis V.S.Dang, Vuong & Naiki (from Dang 463 , VNM): A. Fruiting branch, B. Stipules, C. Abaxial leaf surfaces, D–F. Inflorescences and flower buds, G–H. Young fruits, I. Mature fruit. Specimens examined: VIETNAM . Central: Gia Lai Province , K’Bang District , Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve , 1010 m elev., 24 April 2021 , Van-Son Dang , Ba Vuong Truong , Ngoc Minh Tam Thao Duong , Ngan Thi Kim Le & Dinh Hiep Nguyen , Dang 463a ( VNM ) . Distribution: —Endemic to Vietnam (currently known only from Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve of Gia Lai Province ). Habitat & Ecology: Lasianthus kbangensis is easily found under the shade of the primary evergreen forest at an elevation of 1000–1100 m . Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from March to September. Vernacular name: —Xú hưƠng kbang. Notes: Lasianthus kbangensis was described from a Vietnamese specimen ( Dang 463 ) by Nguyen et al. (2022) . It is similar to L. oblongilobus H.Zhu (2002: 400) in its shrub habit, smooth on branches and branchlets, and glabrous leaves, but differs in having larger leaf blades, longer petioles, calyx lobes 4 (vs. 5), smaller corolla. Fruit color is also different when ripe.