aSPIDISTRA sPECIES

Aspidistra saxicola

Name:

Aspidistra saxicola Y.Wan – Guihaia 4(2): 129. (1984).

Holotype:

 

China: Guangxi: Long’an Xian, Longhushan Conservation Area, ait. 320 m, 21. Oct. 1983, Y.Wan et X.H. Lu 83532 (Typus in Schola Pharmaciae Guangxi. conserv.); ibid., Y.Wan et D. Z. Chen 83115.

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in October in nature.

Description

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Rhizoma repens subteres 5–7 mm diam.; dense nodosum et squamatum, radices elongatas edens. Vaginae 3–4 purpureo-fuscae, 1.3—6.5 cm longae, basin folii amplectentes, yetustiores in fibrillas demum dissolutae. Folia solitaria, 0.4–3 cm inter se distantia; lamina elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 12–23 cm longa, 4.5–7 (–9.5) cm lata, apice acuminata, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, interdum inaequilaterali, utrinque yiridis plerumque paulo flavo-albo-punctata; petiolo rigido, 5–14 cm longo, supra sulcato. Pedunculus saepe 2–5 caespitosus, 0.5–2.5 cm longus, 4–6-bracteatus; bracteis late ovatis, ab inferioribus ad superiores sensim ampliatis, summa flori contigua; 10–15 mm longa, 9–12 mm lata, apice acuta; floribus solitariis; perianthio campanulato purpureo, 10–13 mm longo, 6-lobo; lobis patentibus subaequalibus, late ovatis, 4–5 mm longis, 4–6 mm latis, apice rotundis, intus laevibus; tubo perianthii 8–10 mm longo, 6–7 mm diam.; staminibus 6 subsessilibus, medio tubi adnatis, lobis perianthii oppositis; antheris oblongis, 4.5 mm longis, 1.5–2 mm latis; pistillo 7–8.5 mm longo; stigmate dilatato purpureo subrotundato 4–5 mtn diam., stamina paulo superante, apice concavo vel plano, facie supera interdum tricanaliculato vel sexcanaliculato, margine 6-lobo; stylo crasso, inarticulato, superne purpureo; ovario paulo inflato 3-loculari, in quoque loculo 2-ovulato. Bacca deltoideo-globosa, 10–14 mm diam. muricata, in maturitate atropurpurea.

Sourses:

Y.Wan (1984) – Guihaia 4(2): 129–131: Lin et al. (2010) – Botanical Studies 51: 263-268; Li Guangzhao (2004) – The genus Aspidistra.

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