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
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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
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.