Aspidistra cyathiflora Y.Wan & C.C.Huang

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome subterete, 6--11 mm thick. Leaves solitary or 2-or 3-tufted; petiole 2--14 cm; leaf blade linear-oblanceolate, 25--45 × 1.8--3.5 cm. Scape 0.8--2 cm; bracts 3--5. Flower solitary. Perianth pale yellow-green, spotted with purple abaxially, subcupular, 6-lobed apically; tube purple adaxially except for white base, ca. 7 × 13 mm; lobes erect, pale yellow adaxially, deltoid, 5--7 × 5--6 mm, smooth. Stamens usually 6, inserted at base of perianth tube; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers broadly ovate, 2--3 mm. Pistil ca. 5 mm; stigma purple or with yellow center, peltate, orbicular, 5--8 mm in diam., with 3 white grooves, 3(or 4)-lobed at margin. Fl. Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Aspidistra cyathiflora world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:936988-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637187
COL ID 67SXF
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Synonyms

Aspidistra cyathiflora

Lower taxons

Aspidistra cyathiflora subsp. bifolia