aSPIDISTRA sPECIES

Aspidistra obliquipeltata

Name:

Aspidistra obliquipeltata D.Fang & L.Y.Yu – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 162 (2002).

Holotype:

 

China: Guangxi, Ningming, Longrui Natural Reserve, Nongliu, limestone hill,in forests, alt. ca. 350 m,1991-05-19, C.C.Huang et al. 22963 (holotype, GXEM).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

no data.

Description

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Rhizoma repens subteres, 4–7 mm diam, nodosum et squamatum. Folia solitaria, inter se 2.5–5 mm distantia; laminae anguste ovatae vel ellipticae,17 –22 cm longae, 6.8–8 cm latae, apice breviter acuminatae vel acuminatae, basi subobtusae et decurrentes, integrae,utrinsecus asymmetricae, maculis irregularibus flavido-albidis ornatae; petioli 22.5–38 cm longi. Pedunculus 4.5–5 cm longus,decumbens,5–6-bracteatus; bracteae summae 3(–4),anguste triangulato-ovatae vel ovatae, 8–18 mm longae, 4.5–10 mm latae, apice attenuatae vel acutae, ceterae suboblongae, 8–10 mm longae, ca. 4 mm latae, apice obtusae. Flos singularis; perianthium flavum, 3–3.5 cm longum, tubo late campanulato 10 mm longo 12–13 mm diam, extus 6–10-costato apice profunde 6–10-fido, lobis anguste triangulato-linearibus 14–22 mm longis inaequilongis basi 2–2.5 mm et in medio 1–1.8 mm latis 1–3-nervibus apice acutis vel subobtusis, unoquoque basi introrsum crena unica omato, Stamina 6–10,stigmati subaequialta,antheris ovatis 2.5 mm longis subsessilibus. Pistillum 4 mm longum, ovario subinflato, stylo 3.5 mm longo, stigmate peltato-dilatato late subelliptico 10 mm longo 7 mm lato vix 1 mm crasso supra ad centrum leviter obliquo impressoque margine dentibus 17 subtus costis longitudinalibus omato. Pedunculus fructifer 11 cm longus, prostratus. Bacca verrucata..

Sourses:

D.Fang & L.Y.Yu (2002) – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 159–163; Li Guangzhao (2004).

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