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
64.
Lasianthus sonlangensis
V.S.Dang, Vuong & Quan (2022: 25)
—
Fig. 95
(plate),
Fig. 94
(map)
Type:
—
VIETNAM
.
Gia Lai Province
,
K’Bang District
,
Son Lang Commune
,
Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve
,
900–1100 m
elev.,
22 April 2021
,
Van-Son Dang
,
Ba Vuong Truong
,
Minh Quan Dang
&
Nghia Son Hoang
,
Dang
465
(
holotype
VNM
! [
VNM00042935
]; isotypes
HN
!,
VNM
! [
VNM00042936
,
VNM00042937
])
.
Specimens
examined:
—
VIETNAM
.
Central:
Gia Lai Province
,
K’Bang District
,
Son Lang Commune
,
Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve
,
1080 m
elev.,
25 April 2021
,
Van-Son Dang
,
Ba Vuong Truong
,
Minh Quan Dang
&
Nghia Son Hoang
,
Dang
465a
(
VNM
)
.
Distribution:
—Endemic to
Vietnam
(currently known only from Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve of
Gia Lai Province
).
Habitat & Ecology:
—
Lasianthus sonlangensis
occurs in the understory of the primary evergreen forest at an elevation of
900–1100 m
.
Phenology:
—Flowering and fruiting from March to September.
Vernacular name:
—Xú hưƠng sƠn lạng.
Notes:
—
Lasianthus sonlangensis
was described from a Vietnamese specimen (
Dang 465
) by
Dang
et al.
(2022)
. It is similar to
L. caeruleus
Pit. (1924: 390)
in the shape of leaves and inflorescences, but differs from the latter in having more than secondary veins, shorter petioles, bracts present (vs. absent), larger calyx and corolla lobes 4 (vs. 5).