Nephoanthus prostratus C. W. Lin & T. C. Hsu. A, B. Habit 2022, comb. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Botanical Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 10066, Taiwan & varalba @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8564 - 5793
- 2. Botanical Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 10066, Taiwan & Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
- 3. Southern Institute of Ecology, Institute of Applied Materials Science & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam & hongtruongluu @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7036 - 7081
- 4. Biology Department, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung 40453, Taiwan & Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
- 5. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan & cwli @ life. nthu. edu. tw; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6280 - 0877
Description
2. Nephoanthus prostratus (C.Hansen) C.W.Lin & T.C.Hsu, comb. nov. (Fig. 6)
Basionym: — Phyllagathis prostrata Hansen (1990: 39).
Type: — VIETNAM. Quang Tri Province: Dông Tan Pe, 15 June 1939, E.Poilane 30047 (holotype: P-02274756 image!; isotype: P-02274757 image!).
Distribution and ecology: —Central and Southern Vietnam, also found in Hainan Island, in China (see http://ppbc. iplant.cn/tu/6969375; unfortunately, these plants from the photos from Hainan Island were not collected). It occurs in riparian habitats on shaded riverbanks, steep slopes or on granite cliffs at an elevation of 250–1,200 m.
Additional specimens examined: — VIETNAM. Quang Tri Province: “ Lang Khoai ”, 10 June 1924, E. Poilane 10783 (P image!). Da Nang City: “Tourane”, May–July 1927, J. Clemens & M. S. Clemens 3479 (P image!). Quang Nam Province: Tramy, 500 m, 24 February 1941, E. Poilane 31631 (P image!). Phu Yen Province: Song Hinh District, Buon Kit, 12°49’52”N 108°53’57”E, 269 m, 25 June 2014, H. T. Luu, G. Tran & C. T. Do PY0041 (SGN!). Dak Lak Province: M’Drak District, Cu Kroa Commune, 12°41’40”N 108°53’33”E, 750 m, 20 June 2020, H. T.Luu, T. Q. T.Nguyen, Q. D.Nguyen & H. C.Nguyen VT-VP-0286 (SGN!); M’Drak District, Cu Kroa Commune, 12°41’55.47”N 108°53’8.04”E, 610 m, 23 June 2020, Q. D.Nguyen VT-VP-0409 (SGN!). Khanh Hoa Province: Khanh Son District, Khanh Trung Commune, 12°2’32”N 108°59’43”E, 1152 m, H. T. Luu et al. KH 0654 (SGN!); Dien Khanh District, Hon Ba, 21 June 2004, D.D.Soejarto & T. N. Ninh 13261 (P image!).
Note: —This is a very attractive species that has become a popular greenhouse plant among indoor plant enthusiasts around the world. Because of its compact growing, rugose foliage with silvery variegation, it is often for sale on social networks. Although this species seems not rare in the nature, its population could be threatened due to commercial trade for ornamental plants.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- E , E, P , H, T, G, C, SGN , H, T, Q, C, SGN , H, T, SGN, N, P , J, M, S, P
- Material sample ID
- KH 0654 , PY0041
- Event date
- 1924-06-10 , 1939-06-15 , 1941-02-24 , 2004-06-21 , 2014-06-25 , 2020-06-20
- Verbatim event date
- 1924-06-10 , 1939-06-15 , 1941-02-24 , 2004-06-21 , 2014-06-25 , 2020-06-20/23
- Scientific name authorship
- C. W. Lin & T. C. Hsu. A, B. Habit
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Nephoanthus
- Species
- prostratus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nephoanthus prostratus (Lin, 2022) sec. Lin, Hsu, Luu, Yang & Li, 2022
References
- Hansen, C. (1990) New species and combinations in Allomorphia, Phyllagathis and Sporoxeia (Melastomataceae) in Indo-China. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section B, Adansonia, 4 e serie 12 (1): 37 - 41.
- Zhou, Q., Lin, C. W., Ng, W. L., Dai, J., Denda, T., Zhou, R. & Liu, Y. (2019 c) Analyses of plastome sequences improve phylogenetic resolution and provide new insight into the evolutionary history of Asian Sonerileae / Dissochaeteae. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1477. https: // doi. org / 10.3389 / fpls. 2019.01477