tailieunhanh - Osmanthus suavis King ex C. B. Clarke (oleaceae): A newly recorded species for the flora of Vietnam

The genus Omanthus Lour. (Oleaceae) was previously represented by 3 species in Vietnam, belonging to section Leiolea and Osmanthus. Here we report O. Suavis King ex . Clarke as a new distributional record for Vietnam, belonging to section Siphosmanthus. | Osmanthus suavis King ex C. B. Clarke (oleaceae): A newly recorded species for the flora of Vietnam TAP suavis Osmanthus CHI SINH King HOC 2016, ex C. B. 38(3): Clarke 400-406 (Oleaceae) DOI: Osmanthus suavis King ex C. B. Clarke (Oleaceae): A NEWLY RECORDED SPECIES FOR THE FLORA OF VIETNAM Bui Hong Quang1,2 1 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, VAST, Vietnam 2 Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, Vietnam ABSTRACT: The genus Omanthus Lour. (Oleaceae) was previously represented by 3 species in Vietnam, belonging to section Leiolea and Osmanthus. Here we report O. Suavis King ex . Clarke as a new distributional record for Vietnam, belonging to section Siphosmanthus. This species is distributed in Lao Cai and Thanh Hoa Provinces of the country. In support of the species identification, taxonomic description and line drawings are provided. Kewwords: Oleacaece, Osmanthus, Siphosmanthus, new record, Vietnam. Citation: Bui Hong Quang, 2016. Osmanthus suavis King ex C. B. Clarke: A newly recorded species for the flora of Vietnam. Tap chi Sinh hoc, 36(3): 401-407. DOI: . *Corresponding author: bhquang78@ INTRODUCTION All the specimens of Osmanthus kept in the The genus Omanthus Lour. has about 35 different herbaria of Vietnam such as HN, species in the world distributed in tropics and VNM and HNU were critically examined using subtropics of South East Asia and America [1, 9, light microscope. Photographs of the type 10]. The genus Osmanthus Lour. was first specimens housed in the virtual herbaria (P, K, described by Loureiro (1790) [6]. with the type G, GH, BM) were also studied. Morphological O. fragrans Lour. In Vietnam, the genus was characters were studied consulting the relevant hitherto represented by only 2 species under literature. section Leiolea and Osmanthus [2, 5, 7, 8]. RESULTS AND .