Aspidistra peltata, Convallariaceae (Asparagaceae s.l.) a new species from northern Vietnam

Abstract

Aspidistra peltata, a new species morphologically allied to A. tonkinensis (= A. fungilliformis subsp. formosa; A. formosa) discovered in northern Vietnam, is described and illustrated. From the closely related A. tonkinensis, the new species differs in having an erect stem 4-14 cm tall, much smaller leaves, smaller flowers, filamentose stamens, a pure white style and an entire flat stigma with remarkably inflated margin. The new species is obviously a local endemic of the southern part of the South-Chinese floristic province but it may potentially also found in southern China.

200 years Aspidistra (Asparagaceae), and now more than 200 species: a new comprehensive determination key, and an annotated bibliography of the genus

“…Since the publication of a previous comprehensive key for Aspidistra considering 93 species (Tillich 2008), a great deal of new species and some subspecies and varieties have been described, mainly from southern China and Vietnam (Tillich and Averyanov 2008, 2017, Hou et al 2009, Lin et al 2009, 2013a, b, 2014a, b, 2015a, Deng et al 2010, Phonsena and de Wilde 2010, Gao and Liu 2011, He et al 2011a, b, 2013, Lin and Liu 2011a, 2014, 2017, Tillich and Leong-Škorničkova 2013, Vislobokov et al 2013, b, 2016a, b, c, Hu et al 2014, Leong-Škorničkova et al 2014, Colin 2015, Guo et al 2015, Huang et al 2015, Vislobokov 2015, 2017, b, 2019a, b, c, 2020a, b, c, 2021a, Lý and Tillich 2016, 2017, Pan et al 2016, Tanaka 2016, Zhong et al 2016, Zou et al 2016, 2017, Nguyen et al 2017, Cai et al 2018, Huang et al 2018, Nong et al 2018a…”

“…Since the publication of a previous comprehensive key for Aspidistra considering 93 species (Tillich 2008), a great deal of new species and some subspecies and varieties have been described, mainly from southern China and Vietnam (Tillich and Averyanov 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018, Hou et al 2009, Lin et al 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013a, b, 2014a, b, 2015a, b, 2019, Deng et al 2010, Phonsena and de Wilde 2010, Xu et al 2010, 2015a, b, 2017, Gao and Liu 2011, He et al 2011a, b, 2013, Lin and Liu 2011a, b, Liu et al 2011, 2016, Averyanov and Tillich 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Tillich and Leong‐Škorničkova 2013, Vislobokov et al 2013, 2014a, b, 2016a, b, 2017, 2019a, b, c, Hu et al 2014, Leong‐Škorničkova et al 2014, Meng et al 2014, Sun et al 2014, Colin 2015, Guo et al 2015, Huang et al 2015, Vislobokov 2015, 2016, Averyanov et al 2016, 2017, 2018a, b, 2019a, b, c, 2020a, b, c, 2021a, b, 2022, Liang et al 2016, Lý and Tillich 2016, 2017, Pan et al 2016, 2019, 2020, Ta...…”

Comprehensive Comparative Analyses of Aspidistra Chloroplast Genomes: Insights into Interspecific Plastid Diversity and Phylogeny

“…Over the last forty years, the number of recognized Aspidistra species has experienced a remarkable increase [8], rapidly rising from 11 (until the year 1978) [9] to more than 200 [10][11][12][13]. However, the diversity of Aspidistra is still far from being revealed, with more new species being discovered during field investigations every year [8,11,12,14]. Despite its richness in species, Aspidistra plants are morphologically similar in vegetative characters (such as habit and leaf, etc.).…”