Английская Википедия:Aspidistra grandiflora
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Aspidistra grandiflora is a species of flowering plant. A. grandiflora grows in Vietnam in dry broad-leaved lowland forests on karstic limestone outcrops with fissures.[1]
Description
This species is a perennial herb. Its rhizome is creeping. Its leaves are solitary, the petiole measuring about Шаблон:Convert; the lamina is obovate, measuring Шаблон:Convert, being narrowly cuneate, tapering towards the petiole.[1]
Its decumbent peduncle measures Шаблон:Convert long; its flowers are solitary or in groups of 2 or 3; perigone tube is urceolate, twice as wide as high, its diameter measuring up to Шаблон:Convert, counting with 11 or 12 whitish and purplish mottled lobes, each one counting with a basal white appendage. It counts with 11 or 12 stamens, while its anthers are subsessile and ovoid, each up to Шаблон:Convert long; the ovar is indistinct. The style is Шаблон:Convert long, while the stigma is disc-shaped and is Шаблон:Convert thick, its central part white with 5 purple ribs, with 22-24 teeth.[1]
Distribution
Aspidistra grandiflora is known only from its type locality, in Mai Châu District, Hòa Bình Province, Vietnam.[1]
References
Further reading
- Gao, Qi, and Yan Liu. "Karyomorphology of Aspidistra grandiflora HJ Tillich from Indonesia." The Nucleus 55.3 (2012): 139–141.
- Meng, Tao, and Qi Gao. "Karyomorphology of six species of the genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawl.(Fam. Asparagaceae sl) from China." The Nucleus 57.2 (2014): 143–147.
- Tillich, H‐J. "An updated and improved determination key for Aspidistra Ker‐Gawl.(Ruscaceae, Monocotyledons)." Feddes Repertorium 119.5‐6 (2008): 449–462.
- Tillich, Hans-Juergen. "The genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawl.(Asparagaceae) in Vietnam." Taiwania 59.1 (2014): 1–8.