Name:

Aspidistra zongbayi K.Y.Lang & Z.Y.Zhu – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(4): 486 (1982).

Holotype:

China, Sichuan： Emei Shan, ait. 1200 m, 27. I. 1980, Z. Y. Zhu 1419 (Type deposited in Sichuan Sehool of Chinese Materia Medica); same loeality Z.Y. Zhu et S. H. Zhu 1052.

Distribution:

China: Sichuan.

Phenology:

no data

Description

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protologue:

Herba terrestris. Rhizoma teres, 3–5 mm diam., nodosum squamatumque. Folia solitaria; lamina elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 14–25 cm longa, 3–7 cm lata, flavo-albo-punctata, apice acuminata, basi subrotundata vel late cuneata，margine crispa; petiolo rigido, 5–25 cm longo. Pedunculus 2–3 cm longus； flore solitario basi 1–2-bracteato; bracteis late ovatis 6–8 mm longis, circ. 7 mm latis, apice obtusis bilobatis, purpureo-punctatis; perianthio campanulato, purpureo, 9–13 mm longo, 8–11 mm diam., 6-lobato； lobis triangulo-ovatis, purpureis, deflexis, 4–5 mm longis, 2–4 mm latis, intus carinis 4 longitudinalibus carnosis mamillatis ornatis； tubo perianthii 5–7 mm longo intus purpureo-brunneo； staminibus 6, in parte quarto infero tubi affixis, lobis perianthii oppositis; antheris ovatis； pistillo 4–5 mm longo; styloi brevi； stigmate flavo-albo vel purpureo, peltate dilatato rotundato 9 mm diam., stamina conspicue superante, facie supra interdum tricanaliculato, prope marginem excavationibus 6 albis ornato, margine 6-fido； ovario 3-loculari, in quoque loculo 2-ovulato. Bacca elliptico-ovata, 1–1.3 cm diam, muricata; seminibus asymmetricis.

Sourses:

Lang & Zhu (1982) – Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(4).

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