Tacca khanhhoaensis V.S. Dang & Vuong (Taccaceae), a new species from southern Vietnam

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Keywords: Hon Ba Nature Reserve · Topics: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution

Tacca khanhhoaensis V.S. Dang & Vuong (Taccaceae) is described as a new species from Hon Ba Nature Reserve in southern Vietnam. This species is morphologically similar to T. chantrieri and T. ampliplacenta but differs from its allies by several salient characters: size of leaves and petioles, inflorescent much shorter leaves, number of flowers, stigma lobes, buds colour. A description, conservation assessment, together with photographs and a key to the species of Tacca in Vietnam are presented.

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