Lasianthus lancifolius Hooker (1880:187)

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 : 19-20

30. Lasianthus lancifolius Hooker (1880:187) . Type (lectotype designated by Debendra 1985):— INDIA. Khasia, J. D. Hooker & T. Thomson 12 (lectotype K000031624!).

T hailand: ―NORTHERN. Chiang Mai: Doi Inthanon National Park, 27 May 1998, T. Wongprasert s.n. (BKF). NORTH-EASTERN. Loei: Phu Kradung, 4 September 1967, T. Shimizu et al. T8859 (BKF), 2‒3 November 1984, G. Murata et al. T42840 (BKF), 2‒3 November 1984, G. Murata et al. T42894 (BKF), 4 September 1967, T. Shimizu, M. Hutoh & D. Chaiglom T8860 (BKF).

Distribution: ―NE India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Thailand (Northern, North-Eastern), N Vietnam.

Ecology: ―Hill evergreen forest at an elevation of 1000‒1500 m. Flowering in September–October and fruiting in November–December.

Notes: ―In Thailand, L. lancifolius is found in high areas in the Northern and North-Eastern regions in montane natural forests.

FIGURE 3 P ‒Ac. Continued: P) L. kailarsenii ; Q) L. krabiensis ; R) L. lucidus ; S) L. oblongus ; T) L. obscurus ; U), V) & W) L. perakensis ; X) L. pilosus ; Y) L. ridleyi ; Z) L. reticulatus ; Aa) L. purpureocalyx ; Ab) & Ac) L. stipularis .

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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.