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wide. Flowers secund, cernuous, broadly campanulate, (15)1719(20) mm across when fully expanded, odorless, enectariferous. Perianth proximally syntepalous, distally 6-cleft, fleshy; syntepalous part (including basal stalky part) infundibuliform, (9)1013(14) mm long, (4)57(8) mm in diameter at summit,
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2 whorls, abaxially white, pinkish white, or white tinged with purple or maroon along margins, adaxially white, often distally pinkish, or purple in large part, broadly acute to obtuse, slightly recurved at apex, almost entire; outer 3 lobes oblong, (9.5)1012 (12.5) mm long, (3.5)45(5.5) mm wide; inner 3 lobes deltoid-ovate, shorter and slightly wider than outer ones, (9)9.511(11.5) mm long, (5)5.56.5(7.5) mm wide. Stamens 6, free, inserted at base of each perianth lobe; filaments trapezoidal,
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thick, greenish white to light green; connective dorsally incrassate, subulate, greenish; anthers connivent distally, distinct, narrowly hastate-deltoid (lateral sides slightly concave and dilated toward base), (4.8)55.8(6) mm long,
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wide at base, 0.70.9 (1) mm thick, introrse, apical portion of each theca dehiscent, light pale yellowish white. Pistil 1, tricarpellate, white; ovary inferior, obconoid or nearly obovoid, apex subtruncate, slightly convex above, but somewhat concave around base of style, 3-locular; each locule with 2 ovoid to subglobose ovules on basal part of ovary central axis; style (acicular-)subulate, erect, straight or slightly curved distally, (9)1012(13) mm long,
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in diameter at base; stigmatic portion minute, subacute to obtuse. Seeds ellipsoid or ovoid, (11)1215(16) mm long, (8.5)911(11.5) mm in diameter, glossy, sarcotesta externally cobalt blue, sparsely dispersed with minute white dots.
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. A. Plant in natural habitat. B. Inflorescence. C. Portion of inflorescence. D. Infructescence with ripe seeds. E. Habit (pressed specimen). F. Rhizome. G. Portion of leaf blade, adaxial surface (above) and abaxial surface (below). H. Leaf apex, abaxial (left) and adaxial (right) surface. I. Floral bracts and pedicels. Photos and design by K.S. Nguyen.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,256,1613,1635]" pageId="3" pageNumber="174">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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. A. Distal portion of inflorescence. B. Flower, rear view. C. Flower, showing its interior. D. Flower, front view. E. Dissected flower. F. Portion of flower longitudinally cut, showing pistil and stamens. G. Stamens, abaxial view (left) and adaxial view (right). Photos and design by K.S. Nguyen.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,328,482,508]" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">Etymology:</emphasis>
—The specific epithet refers to the
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locality (Muong Nhe, NW
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,323,518,544]" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">Phenology:</emphasis>
—Flowering in May, probably also in June. Seed ripening in May. It takes about 1 year from flowering to seed ripening.
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<emphasis box="[609,917,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">Ophiopogon muongnhensis</emphasis>
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grows in humid and shady areas along streams of sandstone mountains covered by remnants of primary evergreen broad-leaved forest, alt.
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a.s.l.
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was not rare in the surveyed area.
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estimated approximately 80150 mature plants occurring in the area of about
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habitat in the
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is protected by regional authorities from any artificial disturbance.
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populations of this species may also be found in other sandstone mountains of
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categories and criteria (2019),
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is tentatively assessed here as “data deficient” (
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,345,878,904]" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">Distribution:</emphasis>
―Currently known only from the
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locality, NW
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,496,914,940]" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">Taxonomic relationships:</emphasis>
―In having slenderly petioled clavate leaves
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<emphasis box="[1041,1353,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">Ophiopogon muongnhensis</emphasis>
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appears most similar to
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<emphasis box="[318,448,950,977]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. griffithii</emphasis>
(
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)
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originally described from NE
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. According to
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,
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is distributed also in
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, N.
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, and SW
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(SW
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). The new species is distinguishable from
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mainly by the characters mentioned in the above diagnosis. The anthers of
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are free, whereas those of
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are laterally connate. In this respect
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<emphasis box="[1228,1424,1058,1085]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. muongnhensis</emphasis>
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is plesiomorphic.
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The new species also shares slenderly petioled leaves with
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<emphasis box="[849,990,1130,1157]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. corifolius</emphasis>
F.T.Wang &amp; L.K.Dai
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in
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distributed in SW
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, SW
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, but differs chiefly by the wider (1.82.9 vs.
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) leaf blades with more longitudinal veins (2130 vs. 9), shorter peduncle (612 vs. ca.
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), and shorter (4.86 vs. ca.
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) narrowly deltoid (vs. linear) anthers.
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In general appearance, the new species somewhat resembles both
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and
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<emphasis box="[1141,1318,1274,1301]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. megalanthus</emphasis>
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, but readily distinguishable from them mainly by the distinctly petiolate, wider (1.82.9 vs.
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in
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<emphasis box="[1232,1401,1310,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. intermedius</emphasis>
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and
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in
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<emphasis box="[297,474,1346,1373]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. megalanthus</emphasis>
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) clavate (vs. linear) leaves, shorter peduncle (612 vs.
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in
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<emphasis box="[1238,1404,1346,1373]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. intermedius</emphasis>
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and
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in
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<emphasis box="[281,458,1382,1409]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. megalanthus</emphasis>
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), ovate (vs. lanceolate) floral bracts, and longer style (913 vs.
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in
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<emphasis box="[1286,1451,1382,1409]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. intermedius</emphasis>
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and ca.
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in
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) (data from
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for
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and
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<emphasis box="[1133,1309,1418,1445]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="175">O. megalanthus</emphasis>
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, and
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for the style length of
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).
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