Published January 26, 2023 | Version v1
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Lasianthus nghiasonii V. S. Dang & Naiki 2021

  • 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

50. Lasianthus nghiasonii V.S.Dang & Naiki (2021: 34) — Fig. 77 (plate), Fig. 78 (map)

Type: — VIETNAM. Lam Dong Province, Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, 1464 m elev., 26 February 2016, Tagane S., Dang V.S., Nguyen V.N., Wai J. V 4450 (holotype VNM! [VNM00042919]; isotype FU!, VNM! [VNM00042920, VNM00042921], the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)).

Specimens examined: — VIETNAM. Central: Lam Dong Province, Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, 1464 m elev., 12°10’17.02’’N, 108°41’50.01’’E, in lower montane evergreen forest, 26 February 2016, Tagane S., Dang V.S., Nguyen V.N., Wai J. V 4450 (FU, VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)); in the same location, 1533 m elev., 12°10’34.07’’N, 108°41’08.04’’E, in lower montane evergreen forest, 21 February 2016, Tagane S., Nagamasu H., Naiki A., Dang V.S., Nguyen V.N., Hoang T.B., Wai J. V 3987 (FU, VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)); in the same location, 1438 m elev., 12˚10’23.01”N, 108˚41’52.20’’E, 26 November 2017, in moist evergreen forest, Naiki A. & Dang V.S. 10101, 10102, 10103 (VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)). Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba Nature Reserve, 1521 m elev., 12°07’01.82’’N, 108°56’43.63’’E, in evergreen forests, 25 November 2014, Toyama H., Tagane S., Dang V.S., Nagamasu H., Naiki A., Tran H., Yang C.J. with Hieu H.N.P. V2167 (FU, VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)); in the same location, 1502 m elev., 12°07’08.12’’N, 108°56’30.03’’E, in evergreen forests, 15 June 2019, Dang V.S., Dang 348 (VNM).

Distribution: —Endemic to Vietnam (known from the Bidoup Nui Ba National Park in Lam Dong Province and the Hon Ba Nature Reserve in Khanh Hoa Province).

Habitat & Ecology: —Moist evergreen forest at around 1400–1600 m elev.

Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from February to November.

Vernacular name: —Xú hưƠng hoàng nghĩa sƠn.

Notes:Lasianthus nghiasonii is similar to L. inodorus Blume (1826: 998) in the shape of leaves, number of secondary veins, and inflorescence type, but differs from the latter in having longer petioles (10–15 mm long vs. 6–10 mm long), bracts 1–2 mm long (vs. 3–6 mm long) and larger calyx tubes (3–4 mm long vs. 2 mm long) and fruit color when ripe.

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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Biodiversity

Collection code
FU, VNM , VNM, FU
Event date
2014-11-25 , 2016-02-21 , 2016-02-26
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Lasianthus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
VNM00042919, VNM00042920, VNM00042921
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
V. S. Dang & Naiki
Species
nghiasonii
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2014-11-25 , 2016-02-21 , 2016-02-26
Taxonomic concept label
Lasianthus nghiasonii Dang, 2021 sec. Dang & Naiki, 2023