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Issue: Vol. 496 No. 3: 14 April 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.4
Page range: 261–268
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Aspidistra thuongiana (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from the South Central Coast region of Vietnam

Environmental Engineering and Management Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
3Institute of Applied Technology, Thu Dau Mot University, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tay Nguyen University, 567 Le Duan street, Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province, Vietnam
Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, 12, Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia. Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, 12, Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia. Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Binh Dinh Province DNA barcoding Eastern Indochina taxonomy 5S-NTS Monocots

Abstract

Aspidistra thuongiana is described and illustrated as a new species from the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The new species has bright yellow flower and a slender pistil with a minute stigma. It is morphologically close to A. longipedunculata, but differs in shorter peduncle, bowl-shaped (vs. campanulate) perigone, shorter ovate (vs. oblong) erect to spreading (vs. recurved) perigone lobes and stamens inserted at the base (vs. middle) of perigone tube. Data on nuclear 5S-NTS region of the new species are provided, aimed to serve as a molecular characterization for comparison with its congeners.