A new species, Aspidistra chishuiensis S.Z. He & W.F. Xu (Ruscaceae), is described and illustrated from northern Guizhou, China. It is similar to A. flaviflora, but differs in its purple perianth, 3.5 mm long lobes, stamens that are adnate at the middle of the tube, stigma that is ca. 8 mm in diam., and the berry that is nearly smooth.
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1 April 2010
Aspidistra chishuiensis (Ruscaceae), a New Species from Guizhou, China
Wen-Fen Xu,
Shun-Zhi He,
Liang Yang
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Annales Botanici Fennici
Vol. 47 • No. 2
April 2010
Vol. 47 • No. 2
April 2010
Aspidistra
new species
Ruscaceae
taxonomy