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.