Name:

Aspidistra lutea Tillich – Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 320. (2005).

Holotype:

From a plant in cultivation at the Botanical Garden Munich (accession-nr. 96/3126), collected by N. Arnautov (Arnautov 76–140) in Vietnam, Prov. Son La, Thuan Chau, Ban Sai, 700– 800 m. Tillich 4481 (M), including flowers in the liquid collection at (M).

Specimens:

Paratype: Tillich 4983 (MO). Living plants are in cultivation in the Bot. Gard. Komarov Inst. Russian Acad. Sciences in St. Petersburg (see Arnautov 2002) and in the Botanical Garden Munich.

Distribution:

Vietnam: Son La province.

Phenology:

Flowers in April–June in cultivation.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizome creeping, epigeous, ∅ 4–5 mm, cataphylls brown, up to 6.5 cm long; Petiole 5 cm; Lamina ovate, distally attenuate, basally rounded, relatively thick, 15 × 6–7 cm, densely dark-green/fair-green marmorate, midvein sunken on upper surface, sharply keeled on lower surface, side veins 4 at both sides; Flowers subsessile, horizontal, 16–17 mm long, perigone tubular with patent lobes, tube pale yellow outsides and glossy red insides, ∅ 6– 7 mm, 10 mm long, embraced by 3–4 greenish, red spotted cataphylls, lobes 6, (greenish-) yellow, distinctly in two circles, widely ovate, 5 × 4–5 mm, upper surface flat, tips rounded, thickened; Stamens 6, inserted at middle of tube, anthers sessile, narrow lineate, 5 mm long, distally reaching stigma level; Pistil 8 mm long, ovar inconspicuous, style cylindrical, purple, stigma dilated, with three bifid arms nearly closing the tube opening, surface white with reddish margins.

Sourses:

Tillich (2005) – Feddes Repertorium 116: 5–6, 313–338.

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