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Aspidistra attenuata images
This composite image is of the flowers of the Crûg Farm collection Aspidistra attenuata BSWJ 377 from near Tungpu, a mountain resort at 1,200 m in west-central Taiwan. Because the Taiwanese Aspidistra are so poorly defined in the literature I am not completely confident that this is Aspidistra attenuata.
BSWJ 377
a. & b. flower dissected (cm grid and black and white cm scale)
c. stigma abaxial surface (cm grid)
d. & e. stigma adaxial surface (cm grid)
The flowers of BSWJ 377 are held well above the compost surface.
But is BSWJ 377 really Aspidistra attenuata?
This composite image of Aspidistra attenuata is from the Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute website
see http://nature.tesri.gov.tw/tesriusr/internet/natshow.cfm?IDNo=542 . Apart from flower
colour, the stigma of this plant is different from BSWJ 377.
Are they different forms of the same species or different species?
