“…In March 2019 the authors of this paper started botanical surveys in Pu Ta Leng Mountain in Tam Duong District, Lai Chau Province, Vietnam. One of the interesting collected plants was a cobra lily with remarkable inflorescences that could not match any of the twenty five Arisaema species in six sections known in Vietnam (Boyce et al, 2012;Bruggemen et al, 2013;Gagnepain, 1942;Gusman & Gusman, 2006;Hoang et al, 2015;Le et al, 2020;Li et al, 2010;Luu et al, 2013Luu et al, , 2014Luu et al, & 2020Nguyen, 1998Nguyen, , 2000Nguyen, , 2002Nguyen, , 2005aNguyen, , 2005bNguyen, , 2007Nguyen, & 2017Nguyen & Boyce, 2005;Nguyen & Vu, 2009;Nguyen et al, 2014;Pham-Hoang, 2000;Van, 2017;Van et al, 2016aVan et al, , 2016bVan et al, & 2017. Our careful examination showed that it belongs to Arisaema sect.…”