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Issue: Vol. 282 No. 1: 26 October 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.282.1.5
Page range: 46–52
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Aspidistra globosa (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species with erect stem from southern 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.
Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky 33, Moscow, Russia.
Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Aspidistra Gia Lai province tropical forest Vietnam Monocots

Abstract

Aspidistra globosa is described and illustrated as a new species from southern Vietnam (Gia Lai province, Kon Ka Kinh National Park). The new species has long erect stem, which is a rare feature in the genus Aspidistra. Aspidistra globosa resembles A. khangii and A. locii in globoid perigone and erect stem, but differs in smaller flowers, color of perigone, position of anthers and orientation of flower.