Aspidistra erosa, A. sarcantha, and A. verruculosa (Asparagaceae), three new species from Vietnam

Abstract

The genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawler (1822 plate 628), overlooked for decades, is recently remarkably fast growing. During the past decade, about 90 species new to science were discovered and described, mainly from southern China, Vietnam, and Laos. With its diversity in flower morphology Aspidistra is among the most spectacular genera of Monocotyledons. Vietnam turned out to be especially rich in Aspidistra species (Tillich 2014), and at, least 30 additional species were discovered and described recently in this country (Averyanov & Tillich 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Leong-Skornickova et al. 2014, Vislobokov et al. 2014a, b, 2016a, b, 2017, Vislobokov 2015, 2016, Olivier 2015, Averyanov et al. 2016, 2017, 2018a, b, Nguyen et al. 2017, Tillich et al. 2017, Tillich & Averyanov 2018). Meanwhile, the diversity of the genus in Vietnam remains insufficiently inventoried. Below we describe three more new species from central Vietnam.

New taxa and new records in Aspidistra (Convallariaceae s.s.) of Laos and Vietnam

“…Available data indicate eastern Indochina as the largest center of species diversity of this genus. The most recent results of investigations in this area have been summarized in a series of recent publications (Averyanov and Tillich , , Averyanov et al , , , b, , b, Vislobokov 2015, , Vislobokov et al , , Nguyen et al , , Nuraliev et al , Tillich et al , Tillich and Averyanov ). Meanwhile, the diversity of the genus is still far from well known and understood.…”

New species of Aspidistra (Convallariaceae s.s.) in the flora of Vietnam

“…Presently, more than a hundred species, which represent at least 70–75% of the currently known taxa, are found in this region. Though many species have been discovered during last years (Averyanov and Tillich 2016, 2017, Averyanov et al 2016, 2017, 2018a, b2018b, 2019a, b2019b, Vislobokov 2016, Vislobokov et al 2016, 2017, 2019, Nguyen et al 2017, 2020, Nuraliev et al 2017, Tillich et al 2017, Tillich and Averyanov 2018) our knowledge on species composition and distribution of many species in this area remains incomplete. The data reported in this paper provide new additional information obtained during fieldwork and garden observations in 2016–2020.…”

Aspidistra papillata G.Z.Li (Asparagaceae Juss.): A New Record for the Flora of Vietnam

“…[7][8][9], nay thuộc phân họ Nolinoideae Bernett trong Asparagaceae s.l. [10][11][12][13][14]. Aspidistra phân bố tự nhiên ở vùng Đông và Đông Nam châu Á [5], tập trung chủ yếu ở Nam Trung Quốc, Lào và Việt Nam [ [15][16][17][18], với trên 170 loài đã được ghi nhận [19].…”

“…Địa chỉ email: thanhntsh@gmail.com https://doi.org/10.25073/2588-1140/vnunst.5105 17, [23][24][25]. Chi Aspidistra phân bố rộng từ Bắc trải dài qua miền Trung và Tây Nguyên đến Đông Nam Bộ [11], với trên 80 loài và phân loài đã được ghi nhận cho hệ thực vật Việt Nam tính đến nay [3,4,6,7,11,12,14,. Điều này chứng tỏ Việt Nam là một trong những trung tâm đa dạng loài Aspidistra của thế giới.…”