Lasianthus japonicus Miq. 1867
Creators
- 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
34. Lasianthus japonicus Miq. (1867: 110) — Fig. 58 (plate), Fig. 57 (map)
Type: — JAPAN. Nagasaki, October 1962, S. Coll. 949 (isolectotype K! [K000763881]).
Lasianthus hartii Franch. (1899: 209). Type:— CHINA. Fokien, La touche s.n. (holotype P!).
Lasianthus taiheizanensis Masam. & Suzuki (1930: 49). Type:— CHINA. Taiwan, Taiheizan, Suzuki s.n. (holotype TI!).
Lasianthus japonicus var. lancilimbus (Merr.) H.S.Lo (1999: 99). Type:— CHINA. Kwangtung, Nam Kwan Shan, Tsang 20293 (holotype IBSC!; isotype K!, NY!).
Lasianthus lucidus Blume (1826: 997) var. caudisepalus Deb & M.Gangop. (1991: 292). Type:— INDIA. Assam, Cox & Hutchinson 499 (holotype K!; isotype E!).
Specimens examined: — VIETNAM. Norther: Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao National Park, 1124 m elev., 13 November 2018, Dang V.S. & Naiki A., Dang 236 & Dang 251 (VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)).
Central: Thua Thien Hue Province, Bach Ma National Park, 1193 m elev., 26 July 2019, Dang V.S. & Naiki A., Dang 372 & Dang 415 (VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)).
Distribution: —Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia (China, India, Japan). In Vietnam, Lasianthus japonicus occurs in Thua Thien Hue, anh Vinh Phuc.
Habitat & Ecology: —Growing under evergreen forest and the edges of the forest at 900–1200 m elev.
Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from July to December.
Vernacular name: —Xú hưƠng nhật.
Notes: — Lasianthus japonicus is easily identified in the field in having oblong to oblong-lanceolate leaf blade, secondary veins 5–7 on each side of midrib, inflorescences congested-cymose, calyx purple, corolla white at anthesis, and fruits globose, blue to blackish when ripe.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- IBSC , VNM
- Event date
- 2018-11-13 , 2019-07-26
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Lasianthus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Miq.
- Species
- japonicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2018-11-13 , 2019-07-26
- Taxonomic concept label
- Lasianthus japonicus Miq., 1867 sec. Dang & Naiki, 2023