Lasianthus tomentosus Blume

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 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.439.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13873649
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scientific name	Lasianthus tomentosus Blume
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64. Lasianthus tomentosus Blume View in CoL (1826–1827:997). Type (lectotype designated by Zhu 2012):― INDONESIA. Java, C. L. Blume s.n. (lectotype L0000703! image!).

Thailand: —EASTERN. Chanthaburi: Khao Soi Dao, 12 August 2014, T. Napiroon, W. Aiyakool & B. Harwood 014 ( BKF). CENTRAL. Nakhon Nayok: Khao Yai National Park, 10 October 1999, Center for conservation biology, Mahidol Univ. s.n. ( BKF). SOUTH-WESTERN. Prachuap Khiri Khan: no date, T. Shimizu T7754 ( BKF).

Distribution: — Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Thailand (Eastern, Central, South-western).

Ecology: —Evergreen forest, in shaded places at an elevation of 500‒ 700 m. Flowering and fruiting in JulyAugust.

Notes: ― Lasianthus tomentosus is similar to L. trichophlebus Hemsley (1888:388) but it differs by having tomentose (not densely hirsute) branches and branchlets, 3‒6 (not 7–9) pairs of lateral nerves, petioles tomentose (not strigillose), drupes subglobose, tomentose, (not subglobose, verrucose and sparely strigillose), pyrenes 5 (not 4 pyrenes).