Herbarium LE - Specimens

Convallariaceae

Aspidistra longifolia Hook.f.

Lam Dong Province, Di Linh District, Brah Yang Mountain, primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest (with Pinus khasya) on granite around point 11º27.669ʹ N 108º03.543ʹ E at elevation of 900-1000 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial rhizomatous herb on shady wet rocky slope. Flowers reddish. Locally very common.

14 November 2023, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, T. Maisak, AL2690.

Convallariaceae

Aspidistra sp.

Lam Dong Province, Di Linh District, Brah Yang Mountain, primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest (with Pinus khasya) on granite around point 11º27.669ʹ N 108º03.543ʹ E at elevation of 1100-1200 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial rhizomatous herb on shady rocky slope. Fruits green, verrucose to glabrous, globular to 3 cm in diameter. Locally common.

13 November 2023, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, T. Maisak, AL2683.

Convallariaceae

Aspidistra verruculosa Aver., Tillich & D.D.Nguyen

Lam Dong Province, Di Linh District, Brah Yang Mountain, primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest (with Pinus khasya) on granite around point 11º27.669ʹ N 108º03.543ʹ E at elevation of 1100-1200 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial herb on shady rocky slope of small stream. Flowers dark dirty purple violet, stigma white with purple violet marks. Locally common.

13 November 2023, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, T. Maisak, AL2657 (photos).

Convallariaceae

Aspidistra verruculosa Aver., Tillich & D.D.Nguyen

Lam Dong Province, Di Linh District, Brah Yang Mountain, primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest (with Pinus khasya) on granite around point 11º27.669ʹ N 108º03.543ʹ E at elevation of 1100-1200 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial herb on shady rocky slope of small stream. Flowers dark dirty purple violet, stigma white with purple violet marks. Locally common.

13 November 2023, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, T. Maisak, AL2657 (photos).

Convallariaceae

Aspidistra carnosa Tillich ?

Lam Dong Province, Di Linh District, Brah Yang Mountain, primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest (with Pinus khasya) on granite around point 11º27.669ʹ N 108º03.543ʹ E at elevation of 1100-1200 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial rhizomatous herb on shady rocky slope. Flowers reddish brown, stigma ribbed. Locally common.

13 November 2023, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, T. Maisak, AL2672.

Convallariaceae

Aspidistra babensis K.S.Nguyen, Aver. & Tillich

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Ba Be National Park. Dry evergreen broad-leaved secondary forest on very steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone along lake shore on point 22º24’58’’N 105º36’48’E at elev. of about 250 m a.s.l. Terrestrial creeping herb in shady rocky place. Not common.

29 October 2023, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Ly, T. Maisak, AL2366.

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Ba Be National Park. Dry evergreen broad-leaved secondary forest on steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone near Dau Dang Waterfall of Nang River around point 22º27’09’’N 105º34’16’E at elev. of about 150 m a.s.l.

19 October 2023, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Ly, T. Maisak; Nguyen Van Ly 20231020 071.

Convallariaceae

Ophiopogon pingbienensis F.T. Wang & L.K. Dai

Ha Giang prov., Quan Ba distr., Tung Vai commune, Thung Pang village, around point 23º04ʹ38.6ʺN 104º56ʹ06.8ʺE, steep rocky slopes near hill top composed with stratified highly eroded limestone at elevation 1000–1100 m a.s.l. Remnants of primary evergreen broad-leaved very humid forest. Terrestrial and lithophytic herb in shady places among limestone rocks. Not rare. 17 October 2018, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Sinh Khang, T. Maisak, Truong Duc Thieu, VR900.1 (HN, LE01054238).

Flowered I culture on 06 March 2024, L. Averyanov, VR900.1, garden number 1935

Acanthaceae

Phlogacanthus curviflorus (Wall.) Nees

Son La Province, Thuan Chau District, evergreen broad-leaved forest on limestone. Wild collected plant obtained from local market in 2022. Photos made from plants cultivated by Nguyen Van Canh in his private garden in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak Province in 04 March 2024, AL2827.

All photos © Nguyen Van Canh