Name:

Aspidistra leyeensis Y.Wan & C.C.Huang – Guihaia 7(3): 219. (1987).

Holotype:

Guangxi: Nanning, cultivated in Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden (plants originally from Leye Xian, Guangxi, 29. Mar. 1985, Y. Wan et C.C. Huang 8833 (Holotype in Herb, Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden; isotype in Herb, Guangxi School of Pharmacy).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in cultivation in March.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma repens subteres 6-10 mm diam,, dense nodosum— et squamatum. Folia saepe solitaria interdum 2 caespitosa, 1-2.5 cm distantia; lamina anguste lanceolata, 30.5-55 cm longa, 4-6 cm lata, apice acuminata, basi anguste cuneata, utrinque inaequali, margine serrulata, plerumque flavo-virenti-punctata; petiolo rigido,10-21 cm longo. Pedunculus 1.5-5.8 cm longus 4-6-bracteatus; bracteis summis 2 ovatis, flori contiguis, 6-8 mm longis, 5-7 mm latis, apice obtusis; floribus singularibus; perianthio campanulato carnoso, 2-2.5 cm diam, praeter basin albam ceterum purpureo, apice 8-lobato; lobis triangulari-ovatis vel oblongis, 7-9 mm longis, 4-6 mm latis, apice obtusis, patentibus vel reflexis, intus purpureis, mainillatis, carinis 3-4 longitudinalibus mamillatis ornatis; tubo perianthii 10-12 mm longo, 13-15 mm diam. intus mamillato; staminibus 8, in parte tertia infera tubi affixis, stipitatis, stipitibus circ. 2 mm longis; ahtheris ovatis, 1.5-2 mm longis; pistillo 5-6 mm longo, stamina paulo superante; stigmate peltate dilatato, rotundato, 9—11 mm diam,, facie supera purpureo, in medio ejus eiccavationibus 4 ornato, margine 8-lobato, lobis oblongis in utroque latere involutis, iiifera albo; stylo brevi, exarticulato; ovario leviter dilatato 4-loculari, in quoque loculo 2-ovulato.

Sourses:

Wan Y & Huang C.C. (1989) – Guihaia 7 ( 3 ); 217-224.

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