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Lasianthus hispidulus Pit. 1924

  • 1. 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
  • 2. 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

Description

30. Lasianthus hispidulus (Drake) Pit. (1924: 382) — Fig. 53 (plate), Fig. 52 (map)

Type: — VIETNAM. Thai Nguyen Province, Eberhardt 3852 (lectotype P!, designated by Zhu 2001).

Mephitidia hispidula Drake (1895: 239). Type: — VIETNAM. Thai Nguyen Province, Eberhardt 3852 (lectotype P!, designated by Zhu 2001).

Lasianthus brevidens Craib (1933: 19). Type:— THAILAND. Ratchburi, Kerr 10833 (holotype K! [K000777026]).

Lasianthus bunzanensis Simizu (1944: 301). Type:— CHINA. Taiwan, Taipei, Suzuki 16385 (holotype TI!).

Specimens examined: — VIETNAM. Northern: Thai Nguyen Province, 07 August 1917, 3852 (P). Central: Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba Nature Reserve, 919 m elev., 21 February 2014, Toyama H., Dang V.S., Tagane S., Fuse K., Yahara T., Nagamasu H., Tran H. with Loi X.N., Thach N.D., Hieu P.N.H. V 1072 & V1083 (FU, VNM); in the same location, 900 m elev., 13 July 2014, Tagane S., Kanemitsu H., Dang V.S., Tran H. with Ngoc N.V., Cuong N.Q., Thi D.N., Hieu P.N.H. V 1713 (FU, VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)); in the same location, 907 m elev., 28 November 2017, Dang V.S. & Naiki A. N10126 (VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)); in the same location, 900 m elev., 19 April 2018, Dang V.S. & Hoang N.T.B.N., Dang 185 (VNM); Kon Tum Province, Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, 1365 m elev., 14 February 2017, Tagane S., Nagamasu H., Nguyen V.N., Hoang T.B., Hoang T.S., Yang C.J., Kawakubo A. V 6555 (DLU, FU).

Distribution: —Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand). In Vietnam, Lasianthus hispidulus occurs in Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, and Thai Nguyen.

Habitat & Ecology: —Growing under the forest canopy of primary and secondary forests, at 600–1400 m elev.

Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from July to March of the next year.

Vernacular name: —Xú hưƠng phún.

Notes:Lasianthus hispidulus is similar to L. fordii Hance (1885: 324) but differs in its densely hairy branches, leaves abaxially, and calyx. It is closely related to L. curtisii King & Gamble (1904: 128) but differs from the latter in having calyx lobes shorter than calyx tube (vs. longer).

Notes

Published as part of Dang, Van-Son & Naiki, Akiyo, 2023, A revision of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) from Vietnam, pp. 1921-1935 in Phytotaxa 581 (1) on pages 1921-1935, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.581.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7571550

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DLU, FU , FU, VNM , VNM
Event date
1917-08-07 , 2014-02-21 , 2014-07-13 , 2017-02-14 , 2017-11-28 , 2018-04-19
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Lasianthus
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Pit.
Species
hispidulus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , lectotype
Verbatim event date
1917-08-07 , 2014-02-21 , 2014-07-13 , 2017-02-14 , 2017-11-28 , 2018-04-19
Taxonomic concept label
Lasianthus hispidulus Pit., 1924 sec. Dang & Naiki, 2023

References

  • Zhu, H. (2001) A taxonomic revision of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) from Thailand. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 39: 116 - 150.
  • Drake, M. (1895) Contribution a la Flore du Tonkin. Journal of Botany 9: 238 - 240.