回顧越南蜘蛛抱蛋屬的歷史，顯示過去十年來此屬在物種數上的大量成長。本文針對目前越南蜘蛛抱蛋屬下43個現存物種，設計了較以往更廣泛、更全面的檢索表，以期對將來的物種鑑定、田野調查能有所助益，也希望未來能刺激更多對這多樣化的屬之相關研究。

A historical outline of the knowledge of Aspidistra in Vietnam highlights the enormous increase of well-knownspecies number during the past decade. An extended and comprehensive determination key for the currently known 43 VietnameseAspidistra species is designed to summarize the actual state of knowledge, to facilitate determination, to stimulate further fieldexploration and biological studies of this extraordinarily diverse genus.