Lasianthus foxworthyanus Craib

Zhu, H., Roos, M. C. & Ridsdale, C. E., 2012, A taxonomic revision of the Malesian species of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae), Blumea 57 (1), pp. 1-102 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912X652012
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16854991
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1664BC60-3C61-0D2B-FFEB-4997FDB87E7B
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scientific name	Lasianthus foxworthyanus Craib
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50. Lasianthus foxworthyanus Craib View in CoL

Lasianthus foxworthyanus Craib (1933) View in CoL 21; (1934) 211; K.M. Wong (1989) 369; H.Zhu (2001b) 129. —

Type: Kiah 24312 (holo BK; iso KEP, SING), Thailand, Pattani .

Shrubs, up to 3 m high; branchlets terete, c. 1.5 – 2 mm diam, densely appressed-pubescent. Leaves: blades oblong, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 9 –16 by 3 –5 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, appressed-pubescent on venation beneath, apex acuminate, aristate at summit, base cuneate, midrib slightly depressed above, prominent beneath, nerves 6 – 9 pairs, flat or slightly prominent above, conspicuously prominent beneath, nervules distinct on both surfaces, parallel; petioles 5 –7 mm long, appressed-pubescent. Stipules triangular, 4–5 mm long, appressed-pubescent. Cymes sessile; bracts appressed-pubescent, outer ones lanceolate, up to 5 mm long, inner ones smaller, linear to subulate. Flowers not seen. Drupes globose, c. 5 mm diam, puberulous or subglabrous, crowned by appressed-pubescent calyx limbs, with 4 obtuse ridges; pyrenes 4.

Distribution — Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia.