A new species Aspidistra jingxiensis Yan Liu & C.R. Lin (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated from the limestone areas in the Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China. It is similar to A. punctatoides in the shape and size of the flowers, but differs in its perianth lobes 8 (occasionally 10), mushroom-shaped and white pistil, and the glabrous stigma upper surface with four radial, bifurcate deep grooves.
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1 June 2012
Aspidistra jingxiensis (Asparagaceae), a New Species from Guangxi, China
Chun-Rui Lin,
Wei-Bin Xu,
Yu-Song Huang,
Yan Liu
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