Aspidistra ebianensis

Description

Genus Aspidistra

Herbs perennial , rhizomatous . Rhizome creeping , elongate ; nodes dense. Leaves solitary or 2--4-tufted, basal, erect , long petiolate ; leaf blade many veined. Scape usually very short, with 2--8 scales , 1(or 2) -flowered. Flowers bisexual , terminal , generally embraced by 1 or 2 bracts at perianth base . Perianth campanulate , urceolate , or cupular, fleshy , apically (4--) 6--8(--10) -lobed. Stamens as many as and opposite perianth lobes , usually inserted in proximal part of perianth tube ; filaments very short or absent; anthers dorsifixed . Ovary 3- or 4-loculed; ovules several per locule. Style short, sometimes articulate ; stigma usually peltate or mushroom-shaped, large, entire or lobed at margin . Fruit a berry, globose to ovoid-ellipsoid, usually 1-seeded.

About 55 species: China, India, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam; 49 species (46 endemic, one introduced ) in China.

Aspidistra has never been well studied so, for the convenience of later criticisms, we use the narrowest species concept in this treatment. Further studies are needed in order to understand the precise species variation and to establish an adequate species concept in the genus.[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Liliopsida () - Scopoli, 1760
        Subclass: Liliidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Asparagales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Suborder: Asparagineae () - �
        Family: Convallariaceae () - Horaninow, 1834
        Tribe: Aspidistreae ()
        Genus: Aspidistra () - Ker-Gawler, 1822
        Specific epithet: ebianensis - K.Y.Lang & Z.Y.Zhu
        Botanical name: - Aspidistra ebianensis K.Y.Lang & Z.Y.Zhu

Notes

Publishing author : K .Y.Lang & Z.Y.Zhu Publication : Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(5): 492 (1999) 1999

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aspidistra

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Notes

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Contributors

Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 28, 2007.
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8977290
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-275645
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1012558-1
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1012558-
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1239507

Footnotes

Liang Song-jun, Minoru N. Tamura "Aspidistra". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 240. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

Curator for this page: David Constantine. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899