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
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
60.
Lasianthus saprosmoides
Pit. (1924: 387)
—
Fig. 90
(plate),
Fig. 89
(map)
Type:
—
VIETNAM
.
Lam Dong Province
,
Langbian Plateau
,
1500 m
elev.,
28 April 1919
,
A. Chevalier
40329
(
holotype
P! [P02285236])
.
Specimens
examined:
—
VIETNAM
.
Central:
Lam Dong Province
,
Langbian Plateau
,
1500 m
elev.,
28 April 1919
,
A. Chevalier
40329
(P); in the
same location,
Bidoup Nui Ba National Park
,
1405 m
elev.,
20 October 2019
,
Dang V.S.
,
Dang
429
(
VNM
)
.
Distribution:
—Endemic to
Vietnam
(currently known only from Bidoup Nui Ba National Park of
Lam Dong Province
).
Habitat & Ecology:
—Growing in the understory of primary and secondary forests or the hill of the evergreen montane forest at
1000–1700 m
elev.
Phenology:
—Flowering and fruiting from April to November.
Vernacular name:
—Xú hưƠng nhại.
Notes:
—
Lasianthus saprosmoides
was described as new from a Vietnamese specimen (
A. Chevalier 40329
) by
Pitard (1924)
. It is characterized in having oblong or ovate-lanceolate leaves, secondary veins 5–6 on each side of midrib, calyx tube truncate and calyx lobes barely visible, corolla lobes 3, and fruits globose,
3–4 mm
in diam.