aSPIDISTRA sPECIES

Aspidistra dolichanthera

Name:

Aspidistra dolichanthera X.X.Chen – Guihaia 2(2): 77. (1982).

Holotype:

Guangxi: Longzhou Xian, Wu de, April 15. 1978, Exp. Longzhou 2 - 489 (Typus, GXMI )

Specimens:

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in October in greenhouse.

Description

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Rhizoma repens, subteres, 6–9 mm diam, dense nodosum et squamatum, radices elongatas edens; folia 2–3 caespitosa, lamina ovata vel ovato-lanceo lata, 18–30 cm longa,8–15 cm lata,apice acuminata 9 basi rotundata,inaequilateralia,utrinque paulo fulvido-punctata; petiolo rigido,20–29 cm longo,supra sulcato; pedunculus plerumque 2–3 caespitosus, 5–15 cm longus bracteis 3–6,ovato-lanceolatis, 3–3.5 cm longis,apice acuminatis; floribus singularibus; perianthio campanulato,candido,ca. 1.8 cm longo,6–7-lobato; lobis subaequalibus, oblongis, ca. 12 mm longis, 7–8 mm latis, apice obtusis, recurvis; tubo perianthii 6–8 mm longo, ca, 8 mm diam.; staminibus 6 vel 7, subsessilibus, basi tubi affixis, lobis perianthii oppositis; antheris oblongis 5–6 mm longis, 1.5 mm latis; stigmate ca. 1.7 mm diam., stamina conspicue superante, bilobato; lobis inaequalibus, margine leviter retusis vel undulatis. Baccae rubrae.

Sourses:

Chen & Fang (1982) – Guihaia 2(2): 77–79.

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