Name:

Aspidistra cavicola D.Fang & K.C.Yen – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(2): 180 (1993).

Holotype:

Guangxi：Fengshan，Paoli，Yueli，in cavem of calcareous rocks, 510m alt., 1990.06.12, Fang Ding and Zhong Xia-ming 30555 (Holotype，GXMI).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in October–December in nature, in September–December in greenhouse.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma repens subteres, 3 mm diam., nodosum et dense squamatum, radicibus unifariis substantibus. Vaginae 3–4 atropurpureae, basin petioli amplectentes, 0.8–7 cm longae. Folia solitaria inter se 5–8 mm distantia; laminis ellipticis, oblongo- ellipticis vel ovatis，5–14 cm longis, 2.2–4. 4cm latis, apice acuminatis mucronatis, basi rotundatis vel late cuneatis, leviter inaequilibus，margine supra medium serrulatae； petiolis 7.5–25 cm longis, supra sulcatis. Pedunculus 7–15 mm longus, 4-bracteatus; bracteis late ovatis, mediis et infimis 3–5mm longis, 4.5–7 mm latis, summis 6 mm longis, 9 mm latis, prope basin 2-partitis. Flos unicus. Perianthium campanulatum albidum 8. 5mm longum, superne 5–6-lobatum, alternativum; lobis late ovatis, 3- nervibus, externis 3. 5mm longis, 4mm laits, internis minoribus; tubo 5mm longo, 5mm diam., Stamina 5–6 subsessilia， in parte tertia infero tubi affixa; antherae oblongae, 2.5 mm longae, c. 0.9 mm latae. Pistillum 4.5 mm longum; stigmate dilatatulo, 2.5 mm diam., stamina paulo superanti» summo subapplanato; anthesis initio ovario haud inflato, 3-loculo, in quoque loculo 2-ovulato. Bacca depresso-globosa vel globosa, 7–10 mm diam., extus laevis purpurascens, in quoque loculo monosperma; semina prope compresso-semiglobosa, 4 mm alta, 5.5 mm lata, 3.5 mm crassa, extus laevia.

Sourses:

D.Fang & K.C.Yen (1993) – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(2): 180.

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