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Zingiber locbacense (Zingiberaceae), a New Speciesfrom Lam Dong Province, Southern Vietnam

Authors: Nguyễn, Danh Đức, and Lin, Che-WeiSource: Annales Botanici Fennici, 61(1) : 123-130

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Helsinki 6 May 2024 © Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board

Zingiber locbacense (Zingiberaceae), a new species

from Lam Dong Province, southern Vietnam Danh ĐứcNguyễn1,* & Che-Wei Lin2

1) Institute of Applied Technology, Thu Dau Mot University, no 06, Tran Van On Street, Phu Hoa

Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam (*corresponding author’s e-mail: nguyendanhduc@tdmu.edu.vn)

2) Herbarium of Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, No 53,

Nan-Hai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 23 Jan 2024, final version received 19 Apr 2024, accepted 19 Apr 2024

Nguyễn D.D & Lin C.W 2024: Zingiber locbacense (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Lam Dong Province, southern Vietnam — Ann Bot Fennici 61: 123–130.

Zingiber locbacense D.D Nguyễn & C.W Lin sp nova (Zingiberaceae) is described

and illustrated from southern Lam Dong Province, south Vietnam It is

morpho-logically similar to Z collinsii in several characters, from which it differs by having

inﬂorescences with pink bracts and a rounded apex, shorter bracteoles, smaller corolla lobes, and the ﬂowering period that occurs from March to early May All known occur-

rences of Z locbacense are in non-protected areas, and there is a hydroelectric power

station being developed in a neighbouring area Hence we assess the conservational

status of Z locbacense as Endangered (EN).

Zingiber is one of the largest genera of

Zingiber-aceae, with 210 accepted species ence.kew.org/results?f=species_f%2Caccepted_names&q=Zingiber) It is native to tropical and

(https://powo.sci-subtropical Asia Species of Zingiber are

charac-terized specifically by a pulvinus-like structure in the petiole and an elongated, beak-shaped anther appendix This distinct-shaped anther appendix

is also typical of the genus Cornukaempferia,

endemic to Thailand, which however differs

from Zingiber by having a reduced leafy shoot,

composed of a few broad leaves only Škornicková & Newman 2015).

(Leong-There are approximately 40 Zingiber species

in Vietnam, of which many are narrow endemics

(Lý et al 2021) Recent field trips and specimen

examinations resulted in the discovery of 13 new

species from Vietnam (Leong-Skornicková et al 2015, Lý 2016, Lê et al 2019, Lý et al 2021)

and two from Laos (Leong-Škorničková et al

2014, Newman 2015) Vietnam is identified as the diversity hotspot for the genus.

Lam Dong Province is located in southern Vietnam within the southern Annamite Range Its northern part is a high-altitude mountain area comprising Lam Vien Plateau (average eleva-tion 1500 m a.s.l.) and Di Linh Plateau (average elevation 1000 m a.s.l.) Several new species of Zingiberaceae were recently described from the

area (Lý et al 2010, Lamxay & Newman 2012, Šída et al 2019, Tagane et al 2020) During our

field studies in southern Lam Dong Province focused on extremely steep hills and valleys at 200–700 m a.s.l., located on the border of the southern Di Linh Plateau and north of Cat Tien National Park, we found peculiar specimens of

Zingiber sect Zingiber in Bao Lam District

A careful study of ﬂowering plants collected

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124 Nguyễn & Lin: Zingiber locbacense, a new species from southern Vietnam • ANN BOT FENNICI Vol 61

from the field (between 2021 and 2023) and in cultivation, together with a detailed compari-son with herbarium specimens and the literature cited above, confirmed that our collections repre-sented an undescribed species.

The herbarium acronyms are according to

Index Herbariorum (https://sweetgum.nybg.org/

Zingiber locbacense D.D Nguyễn & C.W

Lin, sp nova (Figs 1 and 2)

Type: Vietnam Lam Dong Province, Bao Lam District, Loc Bac Commune, ca 300 m a.s.l., 11°47´11.5´´N,

107°33´13.3´´E, 1 May 2021 Nguyễn Danh Đức NDD 442,

both fruiting and ﬂowering samples (holotype VNMN) — paraTypes: Vietnam Lam Dong Province, Bao Loc City, Dambri Commune, Dambri waterfall, 700 m a.s.l.,

11°38´30.3´´N 107°44´32.4´´E, 1 May 2021 Nguyễn Danh

Đức 281, fruiting samples (VNMN); Lam Dong Province,

Da Teh Dis., Trieu Hai Com., Trieu Hai waterfall, 300 m

a.s.l., 27 March 2023 Nguyễn Danh Đức 23012, ﬂowering samples (LE).

eTymology: The specific epithet refers to the Loc Bac

area, where the type material was discovered.

Rhizomatous herb up to 1.7 m tall, ing small clumps, with up to 6 leaf shoots per clump Rhizome branched, 1–3.3 cm in diam., 0.8–2.3 cm between leafy shoots arising from same rhizome, externally pale yellow (young rhizomes) to brown (older rhizomes), internally pale brown tinged purple, aromatic, covered with light brown triangular scales, 2.5–3.2 cm

form-long, glabrous, quickly decaying Leafy shoots

arching, composed of 17–20 leaves with blades aggregated on upper 3/4 of pseudostem, basal 1/4 enclosed in bladeless sheaths, base swollen to 2 cm in diameter; bladeless sheaths 6–8, 2.8–20.8 cm long, dark green or faint dark purple-green tinge, lower ones red-brown or red, externally sparsely pubescent, internally glabrous; leaf sheaths green to dark purplish-green, glabrescent at base, sparsely pubescent towards petiole; ligules entire or emaginate, 0.8–1.8 cm long, translucent white, soon decayed, white pubescent, apex rounded Petiole short 5–7 mm, consisting of light green pulvinus only, white pubescent, pale green, tinged red in young leafy shoot becoming pale green with age; margin translucent, soon decayed; lamina

leaf-elliptic-oblong, 18–25 × 6–7 cm, slightly cate; adaxially green, glossy and glabrous; abax-ially light green and white pubescent through-

pli-out, base obtuse, apex attenuate Inﬂorescence

arising directly from rhizome near base 1-year leafy shoots, 27–35 cm long, with 1 or 2 ﬂow-ers opening at a time in morning; peduncle radical, erect, 14–18 × ca 0.7 cm, covered by 5–7 sheathing bracts, broadly triangular, 4–5 × 1.4 cm (smaller towards base), pale pink, out-side sparsely pubescent; spike 14–17 × 3–4 cm, fusiform to ovoid, consisting of 32–50 fertile bracts; bracts enclosing single ﬂower, oblong to obovate-oblong, 2.5–3 × 1.6–2.1 cm (smaller towards apex), outside pale pink, turning white at apex and base, glabrous, inside paler, gla-brous, margins translucent, apex obtuse or rounded; bracteole tubular, 2–2.2 cm long, semi-translucent, white, abaxially sparsely pubescent throughout, apex acute, sometimes short bifid Flower exerted from bract to 5 cm long; calyx tubular, ca 1.4 cm long, translucent white, gla-

brous, with unilateral incision ca 4 mm, apex entire; corolla tube ca 3.7 cm long, widening

gradually towards apex, white at base, creamy yellow towards apical part, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely puberulent at apex; corolla lobes, dorsal triangular-ovate, 15–16 × 5–6 mm, light creamy yellow with semi-translucent veins, glabrous, apex slightly mucronate, with a short mucro less than 1 mm long; lateral corolla lobes narrowly ovate, 14–15 × ca 4 mm, light creamy yellow with semi-translucent veins, glabrous, apex acute; labellum obovate, 15 × 11 mm, slightly concave above throat, ﬂattening towards apex, creamy yellow, mottled with purple dots at apex-half, apex rounded and slightly emarginate at tip; lateral staminodes 11 × 2.5 mm, oblong, white cream, 1/3 length at base connected to

labellum, apex rounded Stamen ca 12 mm long;

filament 1–1.5 mm long by ca 1.3 mm broad, creamy yellow, glabrous; anther 10–10.5 × ca 3 mm (crest not straightened), connective tissue creamy yellow, glandular hairs; anther thecae 10–10.5 mm long, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; anther crest hook-shaped 4–6 mm long (straightened), wrapped around stigma, creamy white, tinged various degree of purple apically,

glabrous Style to 85 mm long (straightened),

white with reddish tinge towards apex; stigma

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Fig 1 Zingiber locbacense (from the holotype) — A: Habit — B: Ligule — C: Inflorescence — D: Flower, frontal

view — E: Labellum with basally connate lateral staminodes — F: Dorsal corolla lobe — G: Lateral corolla lobes — H: Calyx — I: Bracteole — J: Bract — K1–3: Anther, side, back and frontal views — L: Ovary with two epigy-

nous glands.

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Fig 2 Zingiber locbacense — A: Habit and habitat (type locality, 1 May 2021) — B: Habit with inflorescence

in-situ — C: Ligule — D and E: Leaf, upper and lower surface views — F: Inflorescence at peak flowering season with opening flowers in front and side view — G and H: Flower, front and top views — I: Bract — J: Bracteole — K: Calyx — L: Dorsal corolla lobe — M: Lateral corolla lobes — N: Labellum with basally connate lateral sta-minodes — O: Ovary, flower tube and anther, side views — P: Anther, side, back and frontal views, the ovary with two epigynous glands — Q: Immature fruit.

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2–3 × ca 0.4 mm, white, ostiole front facing downwards, with a ring of straight ciliates Epig-

ynous glands 2, subulate, ca 5 × 0.5 mm diam.,

cream yellow Ovary 3–5 mm long, cylindrical, white, sparsely pubescent, trilocular with central placentation Immature fruit trilocular, obloid or ovoid, 16–18 × 8–11 mm, white, glabrous Flowering in March to early May, fruiting in May to July.

DisTribuTionanDhabiTaT Zingiber

locba-cense is known only from the Loc Bac area in

southern Lam Dong Province, southern Vietnam It grows on deeply shaded slopes or granite cliff faces, on soil pockets in evergreen broadleaf or mixed (broadleaf and bamboo) forests near streams at 200–900 m a.s.l.

ConservaTionassessmenT We found two

small groups of Z locbacense comprising only

10 adult plants in total, on steep banks of two springs ﬂowing into the Dong Nai River We also found many plants without ﬂowers throughout the southern Lam Dong Province at 200 to 900 m a.s.l., with vegetative characteristics resembling

those of Z locbacense Thus, we estimate that

in total there could be about 100 individuals in Lam Dong Province, all in non-protected area The species may be threatened by the paucity of fertile individuals, and because of habitat change caused by the nearby hydroelectric power sta-tion Deforestation is destroying the wet, humid habitat of this species The extent of occurrence (EOO) is estimated to be 4000 km2 and the area of occupancy (AOO) about 100 km2 Therefore, following the IUCN criteria (https://www.iucn-redlist.org/resources/categories-and-criteria) we assessed its conservation status as Endangered (EN: B1 ab(iii)).

Based on the inﬂorescence composed of a

spike on an upright peduncle, we place Z

locba-cense in the sect Zingiber It is the largest

sec-tion of this genus, and its species are distributed in various habitats throughout southern China and south to southeastern Asia The phylogenetic

analysis by Theerakulpisut et al 2012) divided

the section into two distinct geographical groups: one in the monsoonal Asian continent, and the second in the evergreen Malesian area.

The vegetative characters of Z locbacense resemble those of Z collinsii (Appendix 1A and B), Z montanum (Appendix 1C and D) and Z

eberhardtii (Appendix 2), but there are several

differences among the species (Appendix 3).

speCimensexamineD — Zingiber eberhardtii: Vietnam

Unspecified location, J Mood 94P19 (AAU); cultivated

at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh under acc number

19901477, M Newman & J Škorničková 2035 (E00294301,

E00294302, E00319374), original collection from Lam Dong

Province, M Newman L10 (E199014773), M Newman 2022 (E00328354, E00348117), Nguyễn Danh Đức 266, 497 (LE)

— Z collinsii: Vietnam Dak Lak Province, M Collins VN80

(holotype, AAU); Dak Nông Province, Trần Hữu Đăng

Tran-159 (E00428062, E00428063); Binh Phuoc Province, M.S Nuraliev 884 (MW0749985); Binh Thuan Province, Nguyễn

Danh Đức 229 (LE) Laos Attapeu Province, Souladeth

et al L3151 (FOF, KAG, TNS), Tanaka L3151-R (FOF,

TNS) — Z montanum: Thailand Phuket Province, L Bai,

B Harwood & B.R Maslin BLK075 (neotype BKF barcode

SN214984; isoneotypes C, KUN1345416); Ranong

Prov-ince, R Geesink & T Santisuk 4964 (lectotype of Z

peninsu-lare, L0444287 image; isolectotypes BKF56751, L0444286

image China Guangxi Province, D.H Qin & R.Z Huang

36982 (holotype of Z nudicarpum, GXMI051071) Laos

Attapeu Province, M Newman 2442 (cultivated at RBGE, originally from Lamxay et al VL1967, E); Houaphan Prov-ince, J Leong-Škorničková et al JLS-2386 (E, QBG, SING,

living collection at Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden);

Kham-moune Province, L.V Averyanov et al AL878 (LE01049231)

Vietnam Nghệ An Province, Đỗ Ngọc Đài 263 (FAFF); Pù

Hoạt NR, Đỗ Ngọc Đài 540 (FAFF), Nguyễn Danh Hùng 471 (FAFF); Quảng Bình Province, Đỗ Ngọc Đài 271 (FAFF); Quảng Nam Province, Đỗ Ngọc Đài 196 (FAFF); Quảng Ngãi Province, Lý Ngọc Sâm 635, 637 (VNM); Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Đỗ Ngọc Đài 4040, 4520, 4527 (FAFF); Lam Dong Province, Nguyễn Danh Đức 297 (LE).

The authors are grateful to Chi-Hung Lee for improving the language The first author sincerely thanks Timothy Chap-man, the owner of Gingerwood Nursery Newsletter, and his father, Dr Russell L Chapman from Louisiana State Univer-sity’s College of the Coast and Environment (US), for their support in improving the language of the last manuscript revision We also thank Dr Avelinah Binti Julius, who served as a reviewer, for his valuable comments and constructive feedback The authors are grateful to Dr Quang Cường Trương, a researcher from Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, for

sharing photos of Z eberhardtii.

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Appendix 1 — A and B: Zingiber collinsii (Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam), from Nguyễn Danh Đức 229 (LE) — C

and D: Z montanum (Lam Dong Province, Vietnam), from Nguyễn Danh Đức 297 (LE).

Vietnam — Taiwania 66: 232–240

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Siliquamo-mum oreodoxa (Zingiberaceae): a new species from

Southern Vietnam — Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 61:

2019: Meistera caudata and Meistera sudae

(Zingiber-aceae: Alpinieae), two new ginger species from

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419: 221–231.

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Appendix 2 Zingiber eberhardtii (from the type locality, Langbiang Plateau; cf Gagnepain 1907) — A: Ligule —

B–E: Inflorescences with opening flowers (D and E photo by Quang Cường Trương) — F: Flowering plant.

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Appendix 3 Morphological comparison of Zingiber locbacense, Z collinsii, Z eberhardtii and Z montanum (data

on the three latter species based on our own observations, see Specimens examined).

Z locbacense Z collinsii Z eberhardtii Z montanum

Plant size (m) < 1.7 < 1.3 < 2 < 2.8Ligule

purple or brown tinged

reddish-Apex shape round acute to obtuse rounded obtuse to acute (sometimes

rounded at baseof spike)Bracteole length (mm) 20–22 35–40 ca 26 32–35Calyx length (mm) 14 15–16 12–16 35–38Floral tube length (cm) 3.7 3.8 ca 2.6 4.5–5.7Dorsal corolla

lobe size (mm) 15–16 × 5–6 23–25 × 10–12 27 × 10 35–41× 12–14Lateral corolla

lobe size (mm) 14–15 × 3.5–4.5 18–20 × 5–6 ca 23 × 4 26–32 × 7–10Labellum

shape elliptic to obovate, triangular, triangular-ovate, triangular-ovate,apex rounded, flat apex acute and apex oblong or apex acute

undulate with tip rounded, concavepointing down

colour creamy yellow, creamy yellow, apical dull purplish-red, creamy white,apical half mottled half mottled with mottled with mottled withwith purple dots purple dots sparsely paler dots dense purplish-red

stripes and dots size (mm) 15 × 11 20 × 10 ca 22–24 × 14–16 30–35 × 20–24Anther crest

length (mm) 4–6 15 ca 13 14–17