Name:

Aspidistra flaviflora K.Y.Lang & Z.Y.Zhu – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(4): 485 (1982).

Holotype:

Siсhuan. Muchuan, alt. 800 m, 8.IX.1980, Z.Y. Zhu 899 (Type deposited in Sichuan Sehool of Chinese Materia Medica).

Specimens:

Type locality Z.Y. Zhu 173, 110, 1424.

Distribution:

China. Sichuan.

Phenology:

no data

Description

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protologue:

Herba terrestris. Rhizoma teres, 3–7 nmi diam.，nodosum, squamatmn. Folia solitaria 7–15 mm distantia； lamina oblongo-lanceolata vel longe elliptica, 19–30 cm longa, 3–6 cm lata, flavo-albo-punctata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata; petiolo gracili, rigido, 10–26 cm longo. Pedunculus 5–15 mm longus； flore solitario, basi 1–2-feracteato； bracteis late ovatis, 6–8 mm longis, circ. 7 mm latis, apice acutis； perianthio campanulato, flavo, odorato 13–18 mm diam. 5–8 mm diam., extus flavo-albo, intus purpurello, 5-vel 6-lobato; lobis lanceolatis, flavis, 5–7 mm longis, reflexis, apice obtusis, intus carinis 2 longitudinalibus ornatis; tubo perianthii 7–13 mm longo； staminibus 6, in parte quarto, infero tubi affixis, lobis perianthii oppositis； antheris ellipticis 2mm longis, circ. 1 mm latis； pistillo 3–8 mm longo; stylo brevi; stigmate purpureo dilatato patelliforme (in sicco infundibuliforme), 3–4 mm diam., apice concavo, stamina conspicue superante, margine 3- vel 6-fido involuto； ovario brevi crasso 3-loculari. Bacca ovata, 1–1.5 cm diam., muricata； seminibus asymmetricis.

Sourses:

Lang & Zhu (1982) – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(4).

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