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Issue: Vol. 500 No. 4: 17 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.4.5
Page range: 294–300
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Rungia gialaiensis (Acanthaceae), a new species from the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Department of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam Graduate University Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam
Department of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, 05282, Myanmar
Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune-411004, India
Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
Eudicots Gia Lai Province Rungia khasiana Rungia daklakensis Rungia sect. Rungia Vietnam

Abstract

Rungia gialaiensis, a new species endemic to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically allied to R. daklakensis and R. khasiana, but differs from both in its stoloniferous branches growing from leaf axils.