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Issue: Vol. 246 No. 1: 5 February 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.246.1.7
Page range: 85–89
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Aspidistra yizhouensis sp. nov. (Asparagaceae) from limestone areas in Guangxi, China

Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China.
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China. College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China.
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China.
new species taxonomy Monocots China

Abstract

A new species Aspidistra yizhouensis (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated from limestone areas in central Guangxi, China. It is similar to Aspidistra fungilliformis, but has perianth urceolate, lobes yellow adaxially, pistil obconical, stigma upper surface purplish red and with 3 yellow, radial, bifurcate lines.