Convallariaceae

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

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Dry secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on steep rocky slope composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone around point 22º27’42’’N 105º34’41’E at elevation of 700–800 m a.s.l. Terrestrial herb with underground rhizome, leaves very rigid, almost black. Locally abundant.

27 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2944.