Name:

Aspidistra linearifolia Y.Wan & C.C.Huang – Guihaia 7(3): 220. (1987).

Holotype:

From a plant in cultivation at the Botanical Garden Munich (accession-nr. 96/3119), collected by N. Arnautov (Arnautov 85–722) in Vietnam, Prov. Gialai-Kontum. Tillich 4470 (M), including flowers in the liquid collection at (M).

Specimens:

Guangxi: Nanning, cutivated in Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden (plants originally from Baise Xian, Guangxi), 9 Apr 1985, C.C.Huang 8834 (Type in Herb, Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in cultivation in March-April.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma repens subteres 1.3-2 cm diam, dense nodosum et squamatum. Folia 2-5 caespitosa; lamina lineari, 60-100 cm longa, 1.5-3.5 cm lata, apice acuminata, basi attenuata, margine superne serrulata; petiolo obscuro. Pedunculus 2-5.5 cm longus, 4-5-bracteatus; bracteis summis 2 flori contiguis, late ovatis, 8-12 mm longis, 13-17 mm latis, apice retusis, viridi-albis, interdum purpureo-atomatis; floribus singularibus; perianthio campanulato carnoso, 2.3-3.2 cm longo, purpureo-nigrescenti, apice 6-lobato; lobis triangulari-ovatis, 15-19 mm longis, 8-10 mm latis, paulo recurevis, apice in utroque latere paulo dilatatis, intus profunde purpureis, mamillatis, infra medium connatis, carinis 6 lohgitudinalibus mamillatis, interioribus 4 interdum 2 Iongioribus e sub apice lobi ad basin tubi decurrentibus, exterioribus 2 brevioribus vel obscuris ornatis; tubo perianthii 8-13 mm Iongo, 18-22 mm diam, intus mamillato; staminibus 6, basi tubi affixis, subsessilibus; antheris subreniformibus, 3 mm lorigis, 2 mm latis; pistillo 9 mm Iongo, stamina conspicue superante; stigmate peltate dilatato, rotundato, 14 mm diam, facie supera purpureo 3-6-sulcato, infera albo 6-obtusangulo, margine 6-undulato-lobo revoluto; ovario 3-Ioculari, in quoque loculo 6-ovulato.

Sourses:

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

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