Name:

Aspidistra fenghuangensis K.Y.Lang – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(5): 494 (1999).

Holotype:

China. Hunan, Fenghuang, Tianxingshan, alt. 700 m, 1988-09-20, Wulingshan Exped. 1370 (holotype, PE).

Distribution:

China: Hunan.

Phenology:

no data

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma repens subteres, 6–7 mm diam.，dense nodosum et squamatum. Folia solitaria inter se 1.5–2 cm distantia; lamina oblanceolato-oblonga, 30–49 cm longa，4.5–6.5 cm lata, flavo-albo-punctata, apice acuminata, basi attenuata anguste cuneata, margine laxe serrulata; petiolis 12–28. 5 cm longis. Pedunculus 0.5–2. 5 cm longus，3–5-bracteatus; bracteis suminis 2 late ovatis flori contiguis，5–6 mm longis，4–5 mm latis，apice obtusis. Flores solitarii; perianthiourceolato，luteolo. 7 mm longo，8 mm diam.，superne 6–8-lobato; lobis ovatis, introflexis, 3 mm longis, basi 2 mm latis, apice obtusis, intus prope basin carinis 2 brevibus et latis carnosis mamillatis ornatis; tubo perianthii 4 mm longo, 8 mm diam.; staminibus 6–8, stipitatis prope medium tubi affixis; stipitibus 0.5 mm longis; antheris longe ellipticis. 3 mm longis. 1.8 mm latis; pistillo 3 mm longo; ovario paulo inflato; stigmate peltato-dilatato rotundato, 6 mm diam., pagina supera elevata in medio excavatione 1 quadrato margine elavato ornata, circum excavationem costis 3–4 crassis radiato-dispositis instructo, margine 3–4-lobato, lobis apice emarginatis; stigmate prope marginem excavationibus 6–8 parvis praedito.

Sourses:

Lang & Zhu (1999) – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(5): 492; Li Guangzhao (2004).

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