CPC8167.1 Garden number 16530.
25.06.2020.
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FLORA OF VIETNAM
Convallariaceae
Aspidistra ambigua sp.nov.?
Son La Prov., Van Ho Distr., Tan Xuan comm., A Lay village, around point 20°40’46.2N 104°39’49.6E. Secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes composed with red-brown sandstone and shale at elevation 1300-1500 m a.s.l. Terrestrial herb on steep shady slope. Fruits dirty purple-brown to almost black. Locally very common to abundant.
1 October 2016 CPC 8167 (+ living plant)
Coll.: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, N.S.Khang, C.Q.Ngan, T.V.Maisak, N.T.Son.
Herbarium prepared in 25.06.2020, flowers odorless, tube white, perianth lobes pale yellowish green to light green, reddish-brown at the base, stile white at basal half, reddish-brown at apical half. Anthers and stigma pale light yellow, L. Averyanov, CPC 8167.1, garden number 16530.
All photos © L. Averyanov
Probably new species, which may be close to
Aspidistra retusa K.Y.Lang & S.Z.Huang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19(3): 379 (1981),
Aspidistra dolichanthera X.X.Chen, Guihaia 2(2): 77 (1982),
Aspidistra albiflora C.R.Lin, W.B.Xu & Yan Liu, Nordic J. Bot. 29(4): 443 (-446; fig. 1) (2011),
Aspidistra lingyunensis C.R.Lin & L.F.Guo, Nordic J. Bot. 32(1): 60 (2013).
Specimen LE 01073509 // Virtual herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute RAS — http://re.herbariumle.ru/01073509