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Aspidistra caespitosa

Name:

Aspidistra caespitosa C.Pei – Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sc. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. xii. 101 (1939).

Holotype:

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Distribution:

China: Sichuan.

Phenology:

Flowers in March–April, fruits June–July in nature.

Description

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Rhizome creeping, diameter ca. 6 mm. Leaves: 3-tufted, ca. 100 cm; cataphylls undescribed; petiole ca. 10–18 cm; lamina lorate, 40–80 cm long x 1–2.5 cm wide. Peduncle horizontal, sometimes geniculate, 2–11 cm long with 4 or 5 bracts; flowers solitary. Perianth urceolate, purple or tinged with purple; tube  1.6–2 cm long x 1–1.2 cm diameter; lobes 6, sub-erect, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 10 mm long x 4 mm wide. Stamens 6, inserted near base of tube, subsessile. Pistil mushroom-shaped; style basally slender the top developed into a 3-lobed dome-like stigma, 1–1.2 cm in diameter; ovary undescribed. Fruit berry purple, ovoid, ca. 6 mm in diameter, scabrous.

Sourses:

Flora of China; Li Guangzhao (2004).

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