Abstract
A new species, Callicarpa bachmaensis Soejima & Tagane, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Bach Ma National Park in Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Vietnam. This species has a characteristic liana habit, white corolla, and narrowly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, entire, occasionally subequal leaves, by which it is clearly distinguished from the other previously known species of this genus.
Highlights
The genus Callicarpa L. (Lamiaceae) comprises 154 species and 12 varieties (The Plant List 2013) of shrubs or small trees, rarely woody climbers, distributed in temperate and tropical regions
Callicarpa bachmaensis is distinguishable from the other species of Callicarpa by a combination of its liana habit, white flowers and narrowly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, entire, occasionally subequal leaves
Bach Ma National Park, Thua Thien Hue Province, a small population was found at the edge of humid broad-leaved evergreen forest along a stream, at altitude ca. 400 m, in which Dipterocarpus hasseltii Blume (Dipterocarpaceae), Croton argyratus Blume (Euphorbiaceae), Vitex axillariflora (Merr.) Bramley (Lamiaceae), Beilschmiedia henghsienensis S
Summary
The genus Callicarpa L. (Lamiaceae) comprises 154 species and 12 varieties (The Plant List 2013) of shrubs or small trees, rarely woody climbers, distributed in temperate and tropical regions. Thua Thien Hue Province, Bach Ma National Park, edge of evergreen forest along stream, 16°13'36.70"N, 107°51'07.22"E, alt. Callicarpa bachmaensis is distinguishable from the other species of Callicarpa by a combination of its liana habit, white flowers and narrowly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, entire, occasionally subequal leaves.
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