Aponogetonaceae

Aponogeton robinsonii A.Camus

Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., A Luoi Distr., Huong Nguyen Municipality, in vicinities of Tra Ve forest protection station, around point 16°13'47''N, 107°27'47''E at elevation about 120 m a.s.l. Secondary closed evergreen broad-leaved forest on steep hill and mountain slopes composed with shale. Aquatic herb with short thick tuber-like rhizome in shallow water of small stream in clean water. Flowers white, sweet fragrant. Fruits green. Rare.

HAL7752 3 May 2005. Photo.

Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, T.V.Thao, N.T.Vinh.