Name:

Aspidistra saccata Xue Y.Huang, Y.D.Peng & D.X.Nong, Phytotaxa 541(3): 297 (2022).

Holotype:

China. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Daxin county, Xialei town, at the foot of a limestone mountain, alt. 390 m, not common, 2 Nov. 2021, Yu-De Peng et al. 451424211102001LY (holotype GXMG!, isotype GXMG!).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowering in October–November.

Description

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protologue:

Herbs perennial, evergreen. Stem erect, 15–30 cm high, supported by a few prop roots; stem subterete, 5–6 mm thick, internodes short, 2–6 mm long. Vaginal leaves yellow-brown, 2–3.2 cm long and 1.5–1.8 cm wide, becoming fibrous remnants covering the stem. Petiole (1.8–)2.5–3.6(–5.2) cm, adaxially sulcate, somewhat inflated at base. Leaves often 2–4 cluster on the stem; leaf blade green, papyraceous, ovoid-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 6–8.5 cm long, 2.2–3.2 cm wide, margin entire, base cuneate, apex gradually acuminate, midvein moderately prominent abaxially. Peduncle 6–10 mm long; bracts 4–5, two adnate to flower base larger, broadly ovate, ca. 6–8 mm long, 5–8 mm wide, pale green. Flower solitary, depressed-globose, 12–16 mm high, 15–18 mm in diameter; tube yellowish-green outside, purplish black inside, with 6 prominent saccular-like keels; lobes 6, yellow with a purplish black base, subequal, triangular, 6–8 mm long and 5–7 mm wide at base, curved outward. Stamens 6, opposite to lobes, inserted under the mouth of perianth tube, filaments horizontal, purplish black, ca. 1 mm long, anthers pale yellow, elliptic, ca. 2 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, obtuse at both ends, slightly curve. Pistil mushroom-shaped, 6–8 mm long, slightly lower than the perianth mouth; ovary inconspicuous, style cylindric, 4–6 mm long, 2 mm across, stigma slightly enlarged, ca. 2–3 mm across, adaxially cream-yellow, surface slightly rough, with 3–4 radial lines from the centre, margin undulate. Berry cylinder-shaped, smooth.

Sourses:

Huang et al. (2022) – Phytotaxa 541 (3): 297–300

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