New taxa and new records in Aspidistra (Convallariaceae s.s.) of Laos and Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Leonid V Averyanov Khang Sinh Nguyen Hoang Thanh Son H-J Tillich Bleddyn Wynn-Jones Tatiana V Maisak |
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| Institution: | 1. Komarov Botanical Inst. of the Russian Academy of Science, St Petersburg, Russia;2. Inst. of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam;3. Silviculture Research Inst., Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam;4. Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Inst. of Systematic Botany, Munich, Germany;5. Bangor Univ., College of Natural Sciences, Gwynedd, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper continues the publication of newly obtained results from a continuing taxonomic investigation of the genus Aspidistra in Laos and Vietnam. It includes illustrated diagnoses of two new species, A. melanaster Aver., K.S. Nguyen & Tillich, A. obliqua K.S. Nguyen & Aver., two new varieties, A. semiaperta Aver. & Tillich var. globulifera Aver., K.S. Nguyen & Tillich, A. lutea Tillich var. luteo-rubra K.S. Nguyen, Aver. & Tillich, and notes on two species, A. austroyunnanensis G.W. Hu, Lei Cai & Q.F. Wang and A. hekouensis H. Li, C.L. Long & Bogner newly recorded in the flora of Vietnam. Color illustrations, new or updated data on morphology, ecology, phenology, tentative relationships, distribution and conservation status are provided for all the mentioned taxa. |
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| Keywords: | Indochina new taxa plant diversity plant taxonomy |
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