Abstract
A new species of Aspidistra, A. sonlaensis, is described and illustrated from Son La Province in northern Vietnam. The new species is morphologically close to A. micrantha, but differs in number of perigone lobes, anther position and pistil shape. The new species is accessed as Data Deficient (DD) according to the IUCN categories and criteria.
References
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Tanaka, N. (2016) Taxonomic reexamination of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) in Japan with the description of a new subspecies. Makinoa N.S. 11: 17–42.
Tillich, H.J. (2005) A key for Aspidistra (Ruscaceae), including fifteen new species from Vietnam. Feddes Repertorium 116: 313–338. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.200511076
Tillich, H.J. (2008) An updated and improved determination key for Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. (Ruscaceae, Monocotyledons). Feddes Repertorium 119: 449–462. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.200811174
Tillich, H.J. (2014) The genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. (Asparagaceae) in Vietnam. Taiwania 59: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2014.59.1
Tillich, H.J., Averyanov, L.V. & Dzu, N.V. (2007) Six new species of Aspidistra (Ruscaceae) from northern Vietnam. Blumea 52: 335–344. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651907X609070
Tillich, H.J. & Leong-Škorni?ková, J. (2013) Aspidistra jiewhoei (Asparagaceae), a new species from north Vietnam. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 65: 101–105.
Vislobokov, N.A. (2017) Flowering biology of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae): new data on pollination by dipteran insects. Plant Species Biology 32: 412–422. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12175
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Vislobokov, N.A., Kuznetsov, A.N., Kuznetsova, S.P. & Kuzmicheva, E.A. (2019a) Aspidistra corniculata (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 397: 125–128. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.397.1.15
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Vislobokov, N.A., Fu, L.-F., Wei, Y.-G. & Nuraliev, M.S. (2021) Leaf epidermal micromorphology in Aspidistra (Asparagaceae): diversity and taxonomic significance. PhytoKeys 185: 65–86.
https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.185.72259
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Averyanov, L.V., Nguyen, K.S., Son, H.T., Tillich, H.J., Wynn-Jones, B. & Maisak, T.V. (2020?) New taxa and new records in Aspidistra (Convallariaceae s.s.) of Laos and Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany 38: e02877. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/njb.02877
Averyanov, L.V., Nguyen, K.S., Wynn-Jones, B., Tillich, H.J., Maisak, T.V. & Nguyen, V.D. (2020b) New species of Aspidistra (Convallariaceae s.s.) in the flora of Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany 38: e02932. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.02932
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Cai, L., Peng, S., Tian, J., Dao, Z.L., Wei, N., Hu, G.W. & Wang, Q.F. (2018) Aspidistra austroyunnanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from southern Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 356: 233–237. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.356.3.5
Cai, L., Pan, B., Lin, C.R., Dao, Z.L. & Hu, G.W. (2020) Aspidistra xichouensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from the karst region in southeastern Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 439: 143–149. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.439.2.5
Deng, C.F., Wu, L., Yu, X.L., Xu, Y.F. & Li, J.X. (2021) Aspidistra yuelushanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Hunan, China. Phytotaxa 482: 183–190. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.482.2.6
Ding, H.B., Xiong, K.C., Yang, B., Yin, J.T., Bouamanivong, S. & Tan, Y.H. (2021) New species and taxonomic notes of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) for the flora of China and Laos. Taiwania 66: 439–449. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2021.66.439
Huang, S.X. (Ed.) (2007) Plants endemic to Guangxi province. Vol. 1. Guangxi Science & Technology Publishing House, Nanning. 160 pp. [in Chinese]
IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee (2019) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 14. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. Available at http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf (accessed on 7 September 2021).
Ker Gawler, J.B. (1822) Aspidistra lurida. The Botanical Register 8: 628.
Lang, K.Y. (1981) New taxa of the genus Aspidistra from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 19: 379–385. [in Chinese]
Li, G.Z. (2004) The genus Aspidistra. Guangxi Science & Technology Publishing House, Nanning. 229 pp. [in Chinese]
Li, G.Z., Lang, K.Y., Wang, R.X. & Wei, Y.G. (2000) On the trends of morphological differentiation and a new system of classification in Chinese Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. (Liliaceae). Guihaia 20: 201–217. [in Chinese]
Liang, S. & Tamura, M.N. (2000) Aspidistra. In: Wu, Z.Y. & Raven, P.H. (Eds.) Flora of China 24. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, pp. 240–250.
Lin, C.R., Wang, B.M., Liu, J. & Liu, Y. (2019) Aspidistra synpetala and A. pulchella, two new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from Guangxi, China. Taiwania 64: 80–85. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2019.64.80
Lu, C.T., Chuang, K.C., Tseng, Y.H., Wang, C.C. & Wang, J.C. (2020) Taxonomic revision of Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. (Asparagaceae) in Taiwan. Taiwania 65: 277?285. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2020.65.277
Ly, N.S., Nguyen, K.S., Hoang, T.S., Do, V.N. & Tillich, H.J. (2021) Aspidistra magnifica (Asparagaceae), a new species from Central Vietnam. Phytotaxa 480: 22?28. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.480.1.2
Ma, Z.H., Xu, H.F., Lin, C.R. & Liu, Y. (2017) Pollination biology of Aspidistra retusa. Guihaia 37: 426–433. http://dx.doi.org/10.11931/guihaia.gxzw201702008
Mo, F.Y., Zhang, S.Z., Lin, C.R. & Liu, Y. (2021) Aspidistra latistyla (Asparagaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 512: 73–78. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.512.1.6
Nguyen, K.S., Averyanov, L.V., Tillich, H.J., Pham, V.T., Maisak, T.V. & Ly, N.S. (2017) Aspidistra cyathiflora var. bifolia and A. neglecta spp. nov. (Convallariaceae) from northern Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 482–487. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.01504
Nguyen, K.S., Averyanov, L.V., Tillich, H.J., Le, T.M.L. & Nguyen, T.H. (2020) Aspidistra babensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam. Annales Botanici Fennici 57: 17–22. https://doi.org/10.5735/085.057.0103
Nong, D.X., Peng, Y.D., Ke, F. & Yu, L.Y. (2020) Aspidistra dahuaensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 472: 84–86. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.472.1.12
Pan, B., Yuan, Q. & Lin, C.R. (2020) Aspidistra brachypetala (Asparagaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Taiwania 66: 195?198. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2020.65.195
Pham, V.T., Nguyen, V.C., Phan, L.K., Tran, T.T.V., Nguyen, V.K., Nuraliev, M.S. & Vislobokov, N.A. (2021) Aspidistra thuongiana (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. Phytotaxa 496: 261?268. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.4
Stapf, O. (1903) An enumeration of all the plants known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hong Kong, together with their distribution and synonymy XV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 36: 73–136. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1903.tb00817.x
Suetsugu, K. & Sueyoshi, M. (2018) Subterranean flowers of Aspidistra elatior are mainly pollinated by not terrestrial amphipods but fungus gnats. Ecology 99: 244–246. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2021
Tanaka, N. (2016) Taxonomic reexamination of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) in Japan with the description of a new subspecies. Makinoa N.S. 11: 17–42.
Tillich, H.J. (2005) A key for Aspidistra (Ruscaceae), including fifteen new species from Vietnam. Feddes Repertorium 116: 313–338. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.200511076
Tillich, H.J. (2008) An updated and improved determination key for Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. (Ruscaceae, Monocotyledons). Feddes Repertorium 119: 449–462. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.200811174
Tillich, H.J. (2014) The genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. (Asparagaceae) in Vietnam. Taiwania 59: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2014.59.1
Tillich, H.J., Averyanov, L.V. & Dzu, N.V. (2007) Six new species of Aspidistra (Ruscaceae) from northern Vietnam. Blumea 52: 335–344. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651907X609070
Tillich, H.J. & Leong-Škorni?ková, J. (2013) Aspidistra jiewhoei (Asparagaceae), a new species from north Vietnam. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 65: 101–105.
Vislobokov, N.A. (2017) Flowering biology of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae): new data on pollination by dipteran insects. Plant Species Biology 32: 412–422. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12175
Vislobokov, N.A., Kuznetsov, A.N. & Sokoloff, D.D. (2013) A new species of Aspidistra (Ruscaceae s.l., Asparagales) from southern Vietnam, field observations on its flowering and possible pollination by flies (Phoridae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299: 347–355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0725-2
Vislobokov, N.A., Nuraliev, M.S., Kuznetsov, A.N. & Kuznetsova, S.P. (2016) Aspidistra globosa (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species with erect stem from southern Vietnam. Phytotaxa 282: 46–52. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.282.1.5
Vislobokov, N.A., Kuznetsov, A.N., Kuznetsova, S.P. & Kuzmicheva, E.A. (2019a) Aspidistra corniculata (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 397: 125–128. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.397.1.15
Vislobokov, N.A., Kuznetsov, A.N., Kuznetsova, S.P., Romanov, M.S. & Nuraliev, M.S. (2019b) Aspidistra minor (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a tiny new species from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 402: 63–67. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.402.1.9
Vislobokov, N.A., Nuraliev, M.S., Kuznetsov, A.N. & Kuznetsova, S.P. (2019c) Aspidistra micrantha (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from Vietnam with unusually small flowers. Phytotaxa 422: 289–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.422.3.8
Vislobokov, N.A., Fu, L.-F., Wei, Y.-G. & Nuraliev, M.S. (2021) Leaf epidermal micromorphology in Aspidistra (Asparagaceae): diversity and taxonomic significance. PhytoKeys 185: 65–86.
https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.185.72259
Wang, Z., Peng, S., Peng, Y., Hu, G.W. & Wang, Q.F. (2021) Aspidistra longhuiensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Hunan, China. Phytotaxa 510: 89–93. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.510.1.10
Xi, H.C., Yin, J.T., Ma, X.D. & Wang, W.G. (2020) Aspidistra purpureomaculata, a new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from Laos. Taiwania 65: 228?231. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2020.65.228
Yi, S.Y., Huang, Y., Chen, H.Y., Zhou, X.X. & Lin, C.R. (2020) Aspidistra jiangjinensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Chongqing, China. Phytotaxa 437: 164?168. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.437.3.6