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Aspidistra obliquipeltata

Accepted name Aspidistra obliquipeltata D. Fang & L. Y. Yu. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 162, fig. 1. (2002).
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Distribution China (Guangxi)
Description This is a poorly known species.

Rhizome: creeping

Leaves: solitary; cataphylls undescribed; petioles undescribed; lamina elliptic, tip apiculate, base attenuate, spotted.

Peduncle: 4 - 5 bracts; flowers solitary

Perianth [Perigone]: campanulate [?], yellow, 25 - 32 mm long; tube undescribed; lobes (6 -) 8 (- 10), lineate, 14 - 22 mm long x  2 mm wide.

Stamens: (6 -) 8 (- 10) inserted proximally in perianth tube.

Pistil: table-shaped; style 4 mm long, stigma oval disc-shaped, in its centre 1 mm thick, diameter 7 - 10 mm; ovary undescribed.

Fruit: undescribed.

Phenology: undescribed.

2n = ?

based on drawing in Li Guangzhao 2004 and Tillich 2005

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