Name:

Aspidistra gracilis Tillich – Gard. Bull. Singapore 64(1): 206. (2012).

Holotype:

Cultivated plant in the Munich Botanical Garden, collected in China, Hong Kong S.A.R., Lantau Island, Sunset Peak (collector unknown), Tillich 5718 (M, including flowers in the liquid collection).

Distribution:

China: Hong Kong.

Phenology:

no data.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizome thin, with very short internodes, numerous leaves and dry petioles of decayed leaves densely clustered together, petiole 15–20 cm, semi-circular in cross section, blade narrowly lanceolate, 25–30 × 2.0–2.5 cm, light green with scattered paler green spots. Peduncle erect, 3.0–4.5 cm, with 3 scales along the scape and 2 subtending the flower. Flower obliquely erect to horizontal. Perigone campanulate, 14–16 mm long, 12–14 mm in diameter, grey-green or reddish-purple mottled externally, smooth and purple internally. Lobes 8, deltoid, straight or slightly spreading, thick-fleshy, 3.0–4.0 mm long and wide, finely verruculose adaxially. Stamens 8, inserted near tube base. Pistil mushroom shaped, ca 10 mm long, white, stigma circular, conspicuously convex, smooth. Fruit depressed-globose, pale green, mottled with red, c. 15 mm in diameter.

Sourses:

Tillich H.J. & Averyanov L.V. (2012) – Gard. Bull. Singapore 64(1): 201–209.

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