Lasianthus perakensis King & Gamble (1904:126)

Napiroon, Tiwtawat, Chayamarit, Kongkanda, Dawson, Sally, Till, Walter & Balslev, Henrik, 2020, A synopsis of Lasianthus (Lasiantheae, Rubiaceae) in Thailand and two additional new species, Phytotaxa 439 (1), pp. 1-38 : 24

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.439.1.1

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Lasianthus perakensis King & Gamble (1904:126)
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43. Lasianthus perakensis King & Gamble (1904:126) View in CoL . Type (lectotype designated by Wong 1989):― MALAYSIA. Perak, May 1892, L. Wray 4128 (lectotype SING0059232 image!; isolectotype U0040469 image!). ( Figure 3U, 3V & 3W View FIGURE 3 ).

T hailand: —PENINSULAR. Nakhon Si Thammarat: Khao Luang National Park, 23 August 1995, K. Larsen, S. S. Larsen, C. Tange, R. Moran, T. Niyomdham & P. Puudjaa 45889 (AAU, BKF, PSU). Yala: Betong, 1 February 2015, M. Poopath, V. Chamchumroon, J. Wai, K. Khammongkol & S. Jirakorn 875 (BKF).

Distribution: — Malaysia (Peninsular, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan), Thailand (Peninsular).

Ecology: —Moist evergreen forest in shaded places at an elevation of 100‒ 600 m. Flowering in August‒October and fuiting in November‒February.

Notes: ― Lasianthus perakensis is different from other species of Lasianthus by having 10 pyrenes in all drupes which is easily observed in the fruiting state when dried.

King, G. & Gamble, J. S. (1904) Materials for a flora of the Malayan Peninsula Lasianthus Jack. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 73: 106 - 133.

Wong, K. M. (1989) Rubiaceae. In: Ng, F. S. P & Phil, D. (Eds.) Tree Flora of Malaya 4. Longman Malaysia, Malaysia. pp. 367 - 373.

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FIGURE 3A‒O. Lasianthus werefound in Thai naturalforests:A) L. appressus;B) &C) L.attenuatus;D) L.chinensis;E) L.chrysoneurus; F) L. constrictus; G) L. cyanocarpus; H) L. ellipsoideus; I) L. ellipticus; J) L. fordii; K) L. foxworthyanus; L) & M) L. hirsutus; N) L. hispidulus and O) L. inodorus.