Name:

Aspidistra xilinensis Y.Wan & Xiao H.Lu – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25(5): 397 (1987).

Holotype:

China. Guangxi： Xilin, Guzhang, 20. Sep. 1985，X. H. Lu 85016 (holotype, deposited in Herb., Guangxi Expedition of Medicinal Plants)

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

no data

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma elongatum subteres，5–9 mm diam.，densiuscule nodosum et squamatum. Folia solitaria，3–4.5 cm distantia; lamina oblanceolata vel subelliptica, 25–45 cm longa, 5–9 cm lata，apice acuminata, basi attenuata,  margine serrulata， utrinque flavo-albo-punctata； petiolo 20–37 cm longo. Pedunculus 0.5–5 cm longus, 4–5-bracteatus; bracteis summis 2 flori contiguis, late ovatis，4–8 mm longis，5–7 mm latis，apice emarginatis; floribus solitariis; perianthio subcampanulato，15–18 mm longo, 6-lobato; lobis subtriangularibus, 6–8 mm longis, basi 4–6 mm latis, apice acutis, leviter recurvis, purpurascentibus, intus carinis 4 longitudinalibus mamillatis ornatis; tubo perianthii 9–10 mm longo, c. 10 mm diam., medio leviter constricto, flavido; staminibus 6, in parte tertia inferiore tubi affixis； filamentis brevibus; antheris late ovatis, c. 2 mm longis; pistillo c. 8 mm longo; ovario inflato； stylo exarticxilato; stigmate peltate dilatato，rotundato, c. 7 mm diam.，stamina conspicue superante, medio faciei superae convexo, excavationibus 3(–4) circumnexo, margine 3(–4)-lobato, lobis triangularibus sursum reflexis excavationes tegentibus.

Sourses:

Wan (1987) – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25(5): 397; Li Guangzhao (2004).

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