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Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-08
Page range: 172–176
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Aspidistra luochengensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and 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 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China
new species taxonomy Monocots China

Abstract

Aspidistra louchengensis (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated from limestone areas in northern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is similar to A. obconica C.R.Lin & Yan Liu with the perianth obconical campanulate, stamens inserted at upper third of perianth tube, but it can be clearly distinguished by leaf blade narrower and longer, perigone lobes longer (6–8 mm), adaxial densely papillose and scabrous, apex acuminate and outcurved, and stigma upper surface slightly concave. This new species is only known from Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County in Guangxi, China.