taxonID	type	description	language	source
066B5029A87CCB2F5CC65BE8FCB3FEBA.taxon	description	TYPUS. — Lowry & Phan Kê Lôc 4925, Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., along road from Da Lat c. 4 km before village of Da Cháy, moist area near stream crossing in Pinus kremphii forest, 12 o 05 ’ 24 ” N, 108 o 32 ’ 33 ” E, 1530 m, 29 Apr. 1997, fl., y. fr. (holo-, HN (2 sheets)!); iso-, F (5 sheets)!), MO (8 sheets, nos. 4973436, 4973442 - 444, 5080699 - 672)!), P (6 sheets). Prickly treelets, 2 - 3 m tall. Leaves bipinnate, c. 1 m long, pinnules with 5 - 17 leaflets; petiole glabrous, with a few scattered prickles; rachises subtended by a pair of accessory leaflets or accessory pinnae at each division; leaflets ovate to narrowly ovate, chartaceous, 4 - 8 × 1.5 - 3.5 cm, apex long acuminate, base rounded or slightly subcordate to broadly acute, margins serrulate, lateral veins 8 - 10 pairs, sparsely pilose along veins above, glabrous below, dark green and shiny above, paler below, petiolules tinged deep purplish brown, 0.5 - 4 mm long. Inflorescence large with a short main axis, highly branched, axes glabrous to slightly pilose, purplish, with a few scattered prickles; primary branches> 50 cm long, secondary branches 25 - 40 cm long; bracts and bracteoles persistent, chartaceous, glabrous, lanceolate, margins ciliate, secondary bracts 20 - 25 mm long, tertiary ones 10 - 16 mm long, bracteoles 3 - 5 mm long; umbels 15 - 25 - flowered; pedicels 8 - 15 mm long, varying with umbel position (longer on those terminating lower order inflorescence axes), glabrous. Floral buds green. Sepals triangular, 0.6 - 0.7 × 0.5 - 0.6 mm. Petals ovate, 2 - 2.2 × 1.2 - 1.3 mm. Stamens 5, filaments slender, 3 - 3.5 mm long; anthers oblong, 0.8 - 1 mm long. Ovary 5 - locular; styles 5, connate to the middle point. Fruit (immature) globose, 3 - 3.5 mm in diam. — Fig. 1.	en	Wen, Jun, Lowry Ii, Porter P. (2002): Aralia hiepiana J. Wen & Lowry, a new species of Araliaceae from Vietnam. Adansonia (3) 24 (2): 213-216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5180749
066B5029A87CCB2F5CC65BE8FCB3FEBA.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — The species epithet honors our friend and colleague NGUYEN Tien Hiep, Coordinator of the MBG-Vietnam Botanical Conservation Program, who has done so much to advance our knowledge of the flora of Vietnam, and who so expertly organizes field expeditions throughout the country. PHENOLOGY. — Flowering in late April (also with young fruits).	en	Wen, Jun, Lowry Ii, Porter P. (2002): Aralia hiepiana J. Wen & Lowry, a new species of Araliaceae from Vietnam. Adansonia (3) 24 (2): 213-216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5180749
066B5029A87CCB2F5CC65BE8FCB3FEBA.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the foothills of Bi Dúp mountain, NE of Da Lat, Lam Dong Prov., Vietnam.	en	Wen, Jun, Lowry Ii, Porter P. (2002): Aralia hiepiana J. Wen & Lowry, a new species of Araliaceae from Vietnam. Adansonia (3) 24 (2): 213-216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5180749
066B5029A87CCB2F5CC65BE8FCB3FEBA.taxon	biology_ecology	ECOLOGY. — Moist areas near streams; 1450 - 1530 m. PARATYPES. — Lowry & Phan Kê Lôc 4926, Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., moist area along stream near base camp at village of Klong Lanh, 12 o 08 ’ 12 ” N, 108 o 39 ’ 02 ” E, 1450 m, 29 Apr. 1997, fl., y. fr. (F!, HN!, MO (4 sheets, nos. 4973434, 4973441, 5080668, 5081752)!).	en	Wen, Jun, Lowry Ii, Porter P. (2002): Aralia hiepiana J. Wen & Lowry, a new species of Araliaceae from Vietnam. Adansonia (3) 24 (2): 213-216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5180749
066B5029A87CCB2F5CC65BE8FCB3FEBA.taxon	description	Aralia hiepiana resembles A. foliolosa Wall. ex C. B. Clarke from China, India, Bangladesh, northern Thailand, and Vietnam in leaflet shape (ovate to narrowly ovate, with a long acuminate apex and rounded to slightly subcordate base), its small leaflet size, more or less glabrous leaves and inflorescence axes, and small fruits (3 - 3.5 mm in diam.). The new species differs from A. foliolosa in having bipinnately (vs. tripinnately or quadripinnately) compound leaves, sparsely pilose (vs. glabrous) leaflets along the veins above, serrulate leaflet margins with fine, sharp (vs. rounded) teeth, more numerous (15 - 25 vs. 7 - 15) flowers per umbel, longer (8 - 15 vs. 5 - 13 mm) pedicels, longer (3 - 5 vs. 2 - 3.5 mm) bracteoles, and styles that are connate in the lower half (vs. completely free).	en	Wen, Jun, Lowry Ii, Porter P. (2002): Aralia hiepiana J. Wen & Lowry, a new species of Araliaceae from Vietnam. Adansonia (3) 24 (2): 213-216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5180749
