Aspidistra papillata G.Z.Li (Asparagaceae Juss.): A New Record for the Flora of Vietnam

Abstract

This study presents the morphological characteristics, colour illustration, biological information, ecology and distribution of Aspidistra papillata G.Z. Li, formerly considered as an endemic species to China, but recently discovered and recorded for the Flora of Vietnam, to identify new aspects of this species.

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“…It is not surprising that species ranges are crossing national boundaries. Some species originally described from Vietnam have later been recorded also from adjacent China, Guangxi Province (Xu et al 2010, Gao et al 2012, Wu et al 2012, Lin et al 2016), and species previously only known from China (Yunnan, Guangxi) have recently been recorded in northern Vietnam (Averyanov et al 2020a, Nguyen et al 2020b). Aspidistra sutepensis from northern Thailand was recently recorded in China, Yunnan Prov.…”