Name:

Aspidistra dodecandra (Gagnep.) Tillich – Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 323. (2005).

Basionym:

Evrardiella dodecandra Gagnepain in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 2. Sér. 4: 191 (1934) and Flore Générale d’Indo-Chine 6: 789 (1934)

Holotype:

Annam: bois et ravins sur le bas Song Cay, près Nhatrang, no 613 (Evard).

Distribution:

Vietnam.

Phenology:

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Description

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Rhizoma horizontale, radiàbus nnmerosis, filiformibus mnnitnm. Folia radicalia, basi vaginata, vagina semi-tnbulosa, 15-18 cm. longa, rufa, striata, max laceroso-fimbriata; lamina lanceolata 30-45 cm. longa, 9-10 lata, acuminato-obtusa, basi attenuata, nervis numerosissimis striata, trabeculis brevibus; petiolus apice canaliculatus, valde striatus, 15-35 cm. longus. Infiorescentiae scapus 10 cm. longus, bracteis 3-4, scariosis, remotis, ovatis, obtusis, 10-15 mm. longis, striatis minutis; flos solitarius, terminalis, primum campanulatus, tandem late apertus deinde retroversus. Perianthium 20-25 mm. longum; lobis 6, ovato-acuminatis, e quarta parte infima liberis, 10 mm. latis, in sicco rufescentibus. Stamina 10-12, sessilia ad basin perianthii inserta, ovarium circumdata; anthera bilocularis, introrsa, rima longitudinali dehiscens, 2 mm. longa, ovata vel elliptica, obtusa vel apice emarginata. Ovarium sessile, superum, stylo nullo; stigma infundibulare, 2 cm. latum, ad ovarium gradatim gradatimque attenuatum, infra conspicue costulatum; ovulis ignotis.

Sourses:

Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 2. Sér. 4: 191 (1934); Tillich – Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 323. (2005).

Gallery:

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