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Issue: Vol. 349 No. 2: 11 May 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.349.2.11
Page range: 192–196
Abstract views: 20
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Aspidistra extrorsa (Asparagaceae), a new species from limestone areas in Guangxi, China

Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal plants, 530023, Nanning, China
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 541006, Guilin, China
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 541006, Guilin, China
Monocots Aspidistra extrorsa taxonomy China

Abstract

Aspidistra Ker Gawler (1822: t. 628) is a genus native to eastern and southeastern Asia. It includes over 170 species, and the number rapidly increased since 1980 (Tillich 2005, 2006, 2008, Liu et al. 2011, Lin et al. 2012, 2013, 2015, Meng et al. 2014, Hu et al. 2014, Huang et al. 2015, Liang et al. 2016).