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Aspidistra spinula
| Accepted name | Aspidistra spinula S. Z. He. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(4): 377, fig. 1. (2002). |
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| Distribution | China (Guizhou) |
| Description | This species is incompletely known according to Tillich 2005 Rhizome: creeping Leaves: solitary to ca [?]; cataphylls undescribed; petiole ca. 25 cm; lamina elliptic, tip apiculate, base attenuate, ca. 45 cm long x 14 cm wide. Peduncle: erect, ca. 4 cm with ca. 3 bracts (two subtending flower; flowers solitary. Perianth [Perigone]: campanulate; tube ca. 1 cm long x 1 cm diameter; lobes 8 (- 10) with basal appendage protruding into the perigone opening. Stamens: 8 (- 10). Pistil: table-shaped; style [undescribed], stigma in upper view 4-lobed, deeply emarginate without central appendages; ovary undescribed. Fruit: ca. 1 cm long x 1 cm wide covered with downward pointing curved spines. Phenology: undescribed 2n = ? based on Tillich 2005 and drawing in Li Guangzhao 2004 |
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