title: Callicarpa bachmaensis Soejima & Tagane (Lamiaceae), a new species from Bach Ma National Park in Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Vietnam.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tagane
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan; Department of Biology, Dalat University, 1 - Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Dalat, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Ngoc Nguyen
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Van
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Dalat University, 1 - Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Dalat, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Chinh Nguyen
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Duy
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Nguyen Thi Thanh
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Huong
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsukazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yahara
keywords: Bach Ma National Park; Callicarpa; Lamiaceae; Thua Thien Hue; Vietnam; new species