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 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.