Name:

Aspidistra subrotata Y.Wan & C.C.Huang – Guihaia 7(3): 223. (1987).

Subtaxa:

Aspidistra subrotata var. crassinervis (Tillich) Phonsena – Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 38: 53 (2010).

Aspidistra subrotata var. angustifolia Phonsena – Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 38: 53 (fig. 4F) (2010).

Synonyms:

Aspidistra connata Tillich – Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 318. (2005).

Holotype:

Guangxi: Nanning, cultivated in Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants (plants originally from guangxi), 13. Nov. 1985. C.C.Huang et Y.Wan 12263 (Holotype GXMG, isotype GXSP)

Specimens:

MW0735062; MW0735065; MW0735068; MW0735083; MW0735071; MW0735072; MW0735058; MW0753765; MW0750155 and others from MW.

Distribution:

China: Guangxi province; Thailand: Loei province; Laos: Kham Mouan Saravan provinces; Vietnam; Gia Lai, Hoa Binh, Kon Tum, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Son La, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Vinh Phuc provinces and Ha Noi City area.

Phenology:

Flowers in October–November in nature; in September-December in greenhouse.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma repens subteres, 8–10 mm diam., dense nodosum et squamatum. Folia solitaria; lamina dblongo-oblanceolata, 26–44 cm longa, 5.4–7.7 cm lata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, inaeguilaterali; petiolo rigido, 22–28 cm longo, Peduncfilus circ. 5 mm longus, 3–4-bracteatus; bracteis late ovatis,  inaequalibus, summa majore circ, 9 mm longa, 10 mm lata, apice obtusa, alba,  purpureo-atomata; floribus solitariis; perianthio subrotato, 4.5–5.3 cm diam., atropurpureo, 8-lobato; lobis ovato-lanceolatis, 18–23 mm longis, 8–10 mm latis, apice rotundatis, margine in utroque latere revolutis,patentibus, intus mamillatis, carinis 4 Iongitudinalibus mamillatis, interioribus 2 Iongioribus ad partem tertiam superiorem tubi decurrentibus carina lobi propinqui conjunctis ornatis; tubo perianthii circ. 8 mm longo, apice circ. 18 mm diam.; staminibus 8, in medio tubi affixis, stipitatis, stipitibus circ. 2 mm longis; antheris subreniformibus, 3–3.5 mm longis; pistillo circ. 1.5 cm longo; ovario haud inflate; stylo exarticulato; stigmate valde dilatato fungilliformi, 1.6 cm diam., 1.3 cm alto, staminaconspicue superante, facie supera laevi purpurascenti-atomato, infera albo paulo sursum concavo.

Sourses:

Wan Y. & Huang C.C. (1987) – Guihaia 7(3): 217-224; Averyanov et al. (2018) – Nordic Journal of Botany, e01833.

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