Aspidistra austrosinensis Y.Wan & C.C.Huang

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome subterete, 5--8 mm thick. Leaves solitary, spaced; petiole 45--55 cm, stiff; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 40--45 × ca. 5.5 cm, margin denticulate. Scape 1--4 cm; bracts 4 or 5, white, speckled with purple. Flower solitary. Perianth campanulate, 6-lobed apically; tube pale yellow, 7--8 mm × 1--1.2 cm; lobes slightly recurved, purple, subdeltoid, 8--10 × 6--7 mm. Stamens 6, inserted proximally in perianth tube; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers ovate, 3.5--4 mm. Pistil ca. 7 mm; stigma large, ca. 5 mm in diam., obviously exceeding anthers, undulate at margin. Fl. Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Aspidistra austrosinensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:932541-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637180
COL ID 67SXH
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Synonyms

Aspidistra austrosinensis