Name:

Aspidistra cruciformis Y.Wan & Xiao H.Lu – Guihaia 7(3): 217. (1987).

Holotype:

Guangxi: Longlin, Xinzhou. 21. sep. 1985, X.H. Lu 000703 (Holotype in Herb. Guangxi Expedition of Medicinal Plants; isotype in Herb. Guangxi School of Pharmacy).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma subteres, 6—12 mm dense nodosum et sqamatum, Folia solitaria, 4—12 mm distantia; lamina elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica; 25—35 cm longa, 6—9 cm lata, apice acuminata vel abrupte acuminata, basi attenuata, margine serrulata, utrinque flavo-albo-punctata petiolo 30—50 cm longo. Pedunculus 6—15 mm longus, 2—3 bracteatus; bractea summa flori contigua, late ovata, ca. 7 mm longa, 9 mm lata, apice retusa, atropurpurea; floribus solitariis; perianthio subcampanulato carnoso, atropurpureo, 16— 20 mm longo, 8-lobato; lobis oblongis vel triangularibus, 5—6.5 mm longis, 4—5 mm latis, apice obtusis, leviter recurvis, intus mamillatis; tubo perianthii 11—14 mm longo, 14—16 mm diam., intus mamillato; staminibus 8, in parte quarta infera tubi affixis; filamentis ca. 1.5 mm longis; antheris ovatis, ca. 2 mm longis, 1.5 mm latis; pistillo ca. 5 mm longo, stamina paulo superante; ovario leviter inflato; stylo exarticulato; stigmate peltate dilatato, cruciformi, 12—14 mm diam., margine 4-lobatolo, lobis patentibus oblongis, apice emarginatis vel bilobulatis. Bacca subglobosa, ca. 7 mm diam., purpurea, muricata.

Sourses:

Wan Y. & Huang C.C. (1987). Guihaia 7(3): 217-224.

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