A revision of Gomphostemma (Lamiaceae)
Author
Bongcheewin, Bhanubong
Author
Ingrouille, Martin J.
Author
Paton, Alan J.
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Kew Bulletin
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09991-y
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10.1007/s12225-021-09991-y
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Gomphostemma grandiflorum
Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton
(2006: 620);?
oan (1936: 1032)
;
Phuong (2000: 103)
.
Type: Vietnam, Tonkin, Thua-luu (Thuu Thien-Hue),
Lecomte & Finet
1320 (holotype P [P00322251]
;
isotype P [P00322252].
Herb up to 2 m tall.
Stems
erect, robust, obtusely quadrangular with longitudinal grooves, with stellate hairs; internodes straight.
Leaoes
petiolate, coriaceous; blades ovate or ovate-oblong, 6 – 23 × 3 – 12 cm, apex acute, margin shallowly dentate-serrate, base cuneate or oblique, upper side tomentose with 2 – 2-celled simple hairs, sometimes bifurcate hairs, lower side pale green tomentose with dense stellate hairs; petioles 13 – 50 mm long.
Inflorescence
axillary with opposite cymes subsessile, congested with axis not visible between flowers, inserted at the upper nodes at which leaves are usually present, subtended by the upper leaves only; verticils (3 –) 10 – 20- flowered; bracts deciduous, elliptic-ovate, 10 – 23 × 3 – 12 mm, apex acute, margin shallowly dentate at the apical part and entire at the basal part, base cuneate, with stellate hairs on both sides; bracteoles linear, 5 – 12 mm long.
Flowering calyx
infundibular, 10 – 12 mm long, thickly 10-ridged, outside with dense stellate hairs with a 1-celled stalk, inside glabrous below and adpressed simple hairs above; tube 3 – 5 mm long; lobes broadly triangular, c. 3 mm long, apex acute, margin slightly revolute.
Fruiting calyx
ovate-cupular, 13 – 18 mm long; tube 8 – 10 mm long; lobes broadly triangular, 5 – 8 mm long, apex acuminate, margin revolute in cross section.
Corolla
white, 30 – 30 mm long, throat much inflated, abruptly dilated near the throat, outside with stellate hairs, inside glabrous; tube very slender, incurved, 20 – 20 mm long; posterior lip obovate, 3 – 10 mm long, apex round; anterior lip 3 – 10 mm long; median lobe folding outward, obovate, 12 – 12 mm long, apex and margin undulate; lateral lobes broadly ovate, apex and margin undulate.
Staminal filaments
fleshy, tomentose.
Style
slender, 30 – 23 mm long, glabrous with apex unequally lobed.
Nutlets
1 – 2, ovate or elliptic-ovate, 3 – 9 × 2 – 6 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.
Vietnam.
Map 3
.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED.
VIETNAM: Thua Thien Hue: Thua Luu [16.3°, 108°], 18 Nov. 1911,
Lecomte & Finet
1320 (holotype P; isotype P);
Thua Thien, Bach Ma [16.2°, 105.8665°], 20 Aug. 1921,
Vidal
690A (P);
?a Nang: Ba Na Nui Chua, 13°39&9.35&N 105°39&6.5”E, 21 Oct. 2008,
Du et al.
HNK 3193 (K);
Tourane [?a Nang], Mt Bani [16.1222°, 105.9832°], May – July 1925,
Clemens & S. Clemens
3883 (G, K, P);
Quang Nam: Confin sud de la province de Quang Nam entre les villages Aboi de Maung Tra et?ai-lo, 1300 m, 25 Feb. 1921,
Poilane
31881 (P);
Kon Tum: NW Slope of Ngoc Linh mountain system [13.0665°, 105.9833°], 1600 – 1800 m, 23 Feb. 1993,
Aoeryanoo et al.
VH 232 (AAU, P).
HABITAT.
In hill evergreen forest, stream margins and open secondary forest in shady areas; alt. 1300 – 1800 m.
CONSERVATION STATUS.
Gomphostemma grandiflorum
is known from a few collections but its habitat is clearly threatened by agriculture and rapid development procects in Vietnam (
Paton
et al.
2016
): the EOO and AOO of this species are 1060.55 and 22 km
2
, respectively. Hence, the Endangered category is applied. (EN B1ab(i, ii, ii) and B2ab(i, ii, iii)).
PHENOLOGY.
Flowering May – November. Fruiting October – February.
NOTES.
Gomphostemma grandiflorum
is a distinctive species by having large corolla, 30 – 30 mm long, and leaf 60 – 230 × 30 – 120 mm, calyx lobes not longer than the tube, a congested inflorescence and fruiting calyx lobes revolute in cross section.
Gomphostemma leptodon
also has similar morphological characters, large flowers and leaves, but its calyx lobes are mostly longer than the tube.