Published January 29, 2021 | Version v1
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Aspidistra Ker-Gawler 1822

  • 1. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. & 2903014695 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1052 - 3513
  • 2. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. & wuleiibk @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1451 - 7855
  • 3. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. & 250437520 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2525 - 0543
  • 4. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. & csfuxyf @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9878 - 332 X
  • 5. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China. & csfuljx @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0478 - 1409

Description

Key to species of Aspidistra in Hunan Province

1. Leaf blade lorate to lorate-oblanceolate, no wider than 2.5 cm.........................................................................................................2

- Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate-oblong, narrowly lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate; leaf blade wider than 2.8 cm.........................................................................................................................................................................................3

2. Perianth urceolate, 4.5–5 × 4–6 mm.............................................................................................................................. A. minutiflora

- Perianth campanulate, tube 1–1.2 × 1.3–1.5 cm........................................................................................................... A. hainanensis

3. Stamens inserted at middle of perianth tube.......................................................................................................................................4

- Stamens inserted middle-lower or proximally in perianth tube.........................................................................................................5

4. Stamens positioned higher than stigma................................................................................................................................ A. triloba

- Stamens positioned lower than stigma......................................................................................................................... A. hezhouensis

5. Stigma 4-lobed at margin...................................................................................................................................................................6

- Stigma 3-lobed at margin........................................................................................................................................ A. yuelushanensis

6. Stigma strongly convex, lobes entire, lobes margins not held erect...................................................................................... A. lurida

- Stigma slightly or not convex, lobes emarginate at apex, lobes margins held erect..........................................................................7

7. Leaf blade oblanceolate-oblong.............................................................................................................................. A.fenghuangensis

- Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, or subelliptic, not oblanceolate-oblong...........................................................................8

8. Leaf blade 20–45 × 6–10 cm, margins entire; keels of perianth lobes strongly fleshy, not papillose; pistil 8 mm long. The grooves between 3 to 4 pairs of ridges on the upper surface of stigma are irregular.......................................................................... A. elatior

- Leaf blade 20–35 × 4–8 cm, margins serrulate; keels of perianth lobes not fleshy, papillose; pistil 4 mm long. The grooves between 3 to 4 pairs of ridges on the upper surface of stigma are regular................................................................................ A. sichuanensis

Notes

Published as part of Deng, Chuang-Fa, Wu, Lei, Yu, Xun-Lin, Xu, Yong-Fu & Li, Jia-Xiang, 2021, Aspidistra yuelushanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Hunan, China, pp. 183-190 in Phytotaxa 482 (2) on pages 187-188, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.482.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5419037

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Aspidistra
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Asparagales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Ker-Gawler
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Aspidistra Ker-Gawler, 1822 sec. Deng, Wu, Yu, Xu & Li, 2021