Name:

Aspidistra fungilliformis Y.Wan – Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 165. (1984).

Holotype:

Guangxi. Longan, Longhushan Natural Reserve ait. 310 m, 23. Nov. 1983, C.C. Huang & Y. Wan 83547 (Typus, in Schola Pharraaciae Guangxi. conserv.)

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in November in greenhouse.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma repens subteres 3–5 mm diam., dense nodosum et squamatum. Folia solitaria, (0.5–)2–5.5 cm distantia，lamina ovato-elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 8.5–14 cm longa, 2.8–6.5 cm lata, apice acuminata, basi subrotundata vel in petiolum abrupe contracta, utrinque plerumque flavo-albo-punctata， petiolo gracili 5–17cm longo. Pedunculus 1–4 cm longus, 4–6- bracteatus; bracteis late ovatis vel oblongis, 3.5–17 mm longis, 3–11 mm latis, apice cucullatis, albis, purpureo-atomatis， floribus solitariis; perianthio campanulato, 15–20 mm longo, 6-lobato; lobis oblongis, 6–10 mm longis, 5–8 mm latis, apice rotundatis, patentibus vel reflexis, extus purpureis, intus albis; tubo perianthii 12–16mm longo, 11–13 mm diam., extus purpureo, intus purpureo-nigrescente; staminibus 6, basi tubi affixis, stipitais; stipitibus ca. 1 mm longis; antheris subreniformibus, 2–2,5 mm longis, ca. 2 mm latis; pistillo 10–12 mm longo; ovario paulo inflato; stylo articulato; stigmate inflato fungilliformi, 8–9 mm diam., 5–6 mm alto, stamina conspicue superante, margine 6-undulato-lobo, facie supera albo laevi, infera purpureo-nigrescente sursum concavo.

Sourses:

Tillich, Lin, Averyanov (2017) – Feddes Repertorium 128: 102–104; Wan (1984) – Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 165.

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