Discovering new plant species in Khanh Hoa

A new scientific discovery has just been published by Prof. Dr. Leonid V. Averyanov (Russian Academy of Sciences) and Dr. Hans-Juergen Tillich (Germany) published in the June issue of Taiwania (Taiwan) botanical magazine. 2013 related to new plant species in Khanh Hoa called Aspidistra truongii.

According to the Vietnam Academy of Sciences, the new plant is forest garlic, the asparagus family, discovered by Vietnamese scientists and American scientists, mainly distributed in primitive forests on medium high mountains. about 1,500m near the top of Hon Ba (Khanh Hoa).

Forest Garlic - (Photo: Vietnam Academy of Sciences provides)

Recent studies show that Vietnam is considered a central area of ​​species belonging to the genus of forest garlic, clearly showing the diversity and formation of new species.

Currently, Hon Ba garlic garlic is being tested in the Southern Institute of Ecology and the research group from the Botanical Garden of Prague (Czech Republic) has also sampled this species in Europe.

However, Hon Ba forest garlic is a plant under the shade of the forest so it can be extinct very quickly once the upper layer of the forest, large timber trees are broken due to exploitation or natural disasters, then the forest canopy is destroyed. cancel.

Scientists of the Vietnam Academy of Sciences propose to include this new species in the list of rare and precious species that need to be protected.