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Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-09
Page range: 256–262
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Ophiorrhiza hoanglienensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam

Faculty of Biology, VNU Universityof Science, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China
Ha Long University, 258th Bach Dang, Uong Bi, Quang Ninh, Vietnam
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, 18thHoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, 18th Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
endemic Flora of Vietnam new taxon Ophiorrhizeae Eudicots

Abstract

Ophiorrhiza hoanglienensis, a new species from Hoang Lien mountain range, north-western Vietnam, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by oblong-lanceolate stipules, equal or subequal paired leaves, congested-cymose inflorescences with 5–10-flowered, distylous flowers, well-developed bracts, lanceolate, 15–20 mm long, unequally 5-lobed calyx with narrowly lanceolate lobes, longest one 3.2–3.5 mm long, shortest one 1.2–2 mm long, exclusively white corolla with 25–28 mm long tube and ovate to broadly triangular lobes, dorsally ribbed without horn. The information on ecology, conservation status, and comparison with similar species is also provided.