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9A7F879CFF9DFFC1288DFE251AF9FD76.text	9A7F879CFF9DFFC1288DFE251AF9FD76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspidistra shiwandashanensis C. R. Lin & W. B. Xu 2023	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Aspidistra shiwandashanensis C.R. Lin &amp; W.B. Xu ,  sp. nov. (Fig. 1, 2) </p>
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                 TYPE:—   CHINA. Guangxi: Fangchenggang City, Fangcheng District,  
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                 , on rocks and along grassy streamside in forests, 21°50’ N, 107°56’ E, 400–450 m, not common, 18 November 2011, Chun-Rui Lin &amp; Wei-Bin Xu 1030 (holotype: IBK!, isotype: IBK!, GXMG!)  . 
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            <p> Diagnosis:—  Aspidistra shiwandashanensis is similar to  A. arnautovii Tillich (2005: 314) subsp. catbaensis Tillich (2005: 316) with leaves and flowers, but differs by perianth lobes ovate-lanceolate to narrow oblong, internally purplish red to blackish purple, stigma upper surface glabrous, not radial grooves. </p>
            <p>Herbs perennial, evergreen, rhizomatous. Rhizome creeping, subterete, 4–6 mm thick, covered with scales, nodes dense. Vagina leaves 4–5, purple-red, 1–8 cm long, enveloping base of petiole, becoming black-brown when dry, fibrous when withered. Leaves solitary, ca. 5–10 mm apart; petiole stiff upright, 10–24 cm long, 2–3 mm thick, adaxially sulcate; leaf blade usually narrow elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 20–30 cm long, 5–8 cm wide, green, sometimes with small yellow-white spots on both surfaces, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, inequilateral, apex acuminate, margin entire. Peduncle arising from the nodes of apical part of rhizome, erect or declining, 1–3 cm long, with 4–5 bracts, bracts gradually wider from base to top of peduncle, the two most basal bracts ones of perianth broadly ovate-cucullate, pale green with purplish red spots, 5–6 mm long, 8–10 mm wide, apex subobtuse. Flowers solitary; perianth campanulate, fleshy, externally pale green-white with purplish red or dark purplish red spots, internally purplish red to blackish purple, deeply 8-lobed apically; lobes explanate, bent outwards, subequal, ovate-lanceolate to narrow oblong, 5–7 mm long, 2–4 mm wide at base, apex obtuse, each lobe basally with 2 longitudinal keels, each keel basally fusing with a keel of the adjoining lobe and forming a protruding lip at the fusion point; tube 6–8 mm high, distal opening 9–12 mm in diameter; Stamens 8, opposite to lobes, inserted in the middle of perianth tube, positioned lower than stigma, filaments ca. 0.5 mm long, anthers oblong, 2–3 mm long and 1–1.5 mm wide, pollen yellow; Pistil obconic, fleshy, purplish red, 6–8.5 mm long, ovary inconspicuous, style quadrangle, ca. 4 mm long and 2 mm in diameter at base, gradually widened to stigma level, stigma enlarge, glabrous, 6–10 mm in diameter, upper surface slightly convex, densely purplish red mottled, and with 4 radial, white, bifurcate lines from center to margin, 4-lobed at margin, lobes emarginate at apex, lower surface with longitudinal 8-ridged. Flowering from October to December.</p>
            <p>Etymology: — The specific epithet refers to the type locality. The Chinese name is “ +ξψƦṚDZDz ”(pinyin: shí wàn shân zhî zhű bào dàn).</p>
            <p> Distribution and ecology: —  Aspidistra shiwandashanensis is currently only known from the type locality in Shiwandashan Natural Nature Reserve, Fangchenggang City and Dongxing county, in southern Guangxi, China. It grows on rocks along streams in secondary broadleaf forests at elevations about 400– 550 m. </p>
            <p> Similar species:—  Aspidistra shiwandashanensis is similar to  A. arnautovii subsp. catbaensis with leaves and flowers, but differs by perianth lobes ovate-lanceolate to narrow oblong (vs. triangular), internally purplish red to blackish purple (vs. blackish violet with yellow tips), stigma upper surface glabrous (vs. with fine radial grooves). The new species also close to  A. arnautovii Tillich var. angustifolia L. Wu &amp; Y.F. Huang in Wu et al. (2012: 321), but can be easily distinguished by leaf blade narrow elliptic to oblong-lanceolate (vs. narrow lanceolate to nearly linear), 20–30 × 5–8 cm (vs. 20–53 × 1.2–2 cm), perianth lobes internally purplish red to blackish purple (vs. blackish violet with yellow tips), stigma upper surface glabrous (vs. with fine radial grooves), lower surface with 8-ridged (vs. 24- ridged). Moreover,  A. shiwandashanensis resembles  A. punctatoides Yan Liu &amp; C. R. Lin in Lin &amp; Liu (2011: 189) and  A. punctata Lindley (1826: 977) , However, the new species can be distinguished from them by its perianth lobes purplish red to blackish purple, glabrous, stigma upper surface purplish red (see Table 1). </p>
            <p>  Additional specimens examined (paratype):— CHINA. Guangxi, Guilin City,  Botany Garden of Guilin , taken to cultivation from the type locality, 05 January 2018, Chun-Rui Lin 1080 (cultivated plant collected from Fangchenggang City, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 16 January 2016, Shui-Song Mo)  ;   25 November 2020, Chun-Rui Lin 1366 (cultivated plant collected from Fangchenggang City,  Fu-long Town , Pinglongshan Valley, 1 June 2016, Yu-Song Huang)  ;   12 February 2022, Chun-Rui Lin 1445 (cultivated plant collected from Dongxing City, Ma-lu Town,  Pingfeng village , 12 October 2018, by Chun-Rui Lin and Zhao-Cen Lu)  . </p>
            <p>Pollen morphology:— The pollen grains are subspherical, inaperturate, pollen size is (28.94–) 33.68 (–37.65) × (28.24–) 30.01 (–32.94) μm (Fig. 9A). Pollen with gemmate exine, the prominent spores are nearly round, relatively large, similar in size and smooth in surface (Fig. 9B).</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A7F879CFF9DFFC1288DFE251AF9FD76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lin, Chun-Rui;Xu, Wei-Bin;Huang, Yu-Song;Wang, Bing-Mou;Liu, Yan	Lin, Chun-Rui, Xu, Wei-Bin, Huang, Yu-Song, Wang, Bing-Mou, Liu, Yan (2023): Four new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from southern China. Phytotaxa 587 (2): 121-135, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
9A7F879CFF98FFC6288DFF6F19E2F85E.text	9A7F879CFF98FFC6288DFF6F19E2F85E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspidistra ovatianthera C. R. Lin & Y. S. Huang 2023	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Aspidistra ovatianthera C.R. Lin &amp; Y.S. Huang ,  sp. nov. (Fig. 3, 4) </p>
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                 TYPE:—   CHINA. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Longzhou county,  
                <a title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.9878/lat 22.51225)" href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.9878&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.51225">Longgang National Natural Reserve</a>
                 , limestone mountains, in evergreen broad-leaved forests, 106.9878 E, 22.51225 N, alt. 170 m, 22 April 2010, Wei-Bin Xu &amp; Bo Pan 10303 (holotype: IBK!, isotype: IBK!, GXMG!)  . 
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            <p> Diagnosis:—  Aspidistra ovatianthera is similar to  A. typica Baillon (1894: 1129) with the purplish red and urceolar perianth, but clearly distinguished by its leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate, pistil umbrella-like shaped, stigma deep 6-lobed at margin, lobes ca. 6 mm long, revolute and bent downwards touching the base of the perigone. </p>
            <p>Herbs, perennial, evergreen, rhizomatous. Rhizome creeping, subterete, 9–12 mm thick, covered with scales, nodes dense. Vaginate leaves 4–5, purple-red, 1–18 cm long, enveloping base of petiole, becoming black-brown and fibrous when dry. Leaves solitary, ca. 15 mm apart; petiole stiff upright, 25–46 cm long, 2–3 mm thick, adaxially sulcate; leaf blade usually oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 25–36 cm long, 5–8.5 cm wide, dark green and sometimes with small yellow spots on both surfaces, apex acuminate, base cuneate, inequilateral, with midvein prominent at abaxial surface and secondary veins inconspicuous, margin entire. Peduncle arising from the nodes of apical part of rhizome, erect or declining, white to pale purple or purplish red spotted, 8–30 mm long, with 5–6 bracts, terminal 3 or 4 close to flower; the two bracts at the base of perianth broadly ovate, white with purple spots, ca. 1 cm long, 10–15 mm wide, apex subobtuse. Flowers solitary; perianth urceolate, fleshy, 20–25 mm long, externally greenish-white and with purplish red spots with increasing density from base to top, sometimes completely dark purplish red, slightly 6-lobed apically; lobes usually slightly suberect, subequal, ovate-triangular, 5–7 mm long and 2–3 mm wide at base, internally purplish red mottled to completely blackish purple, slightly thickened at base; tube 15–18 mm long, greatest diameter 17–22 mm, the opening reduced to 10–12 mm in diam., internally blackish purple and shallowly verruculose at the upper part of the perigone tube; Stamens 6, opposite to lobes, adpressed to the base of perigone tube, positioned conspicuously lower than stigma; anthers ovate, cordate at base, ca. 5 mm long and 3 mm wide, horizontally spreading with pollen sacs oriented upwards, pollen yellow; filaments have the same shape as anthers, white, 1–1.5 mm long; Pistil umbrellalike shaped, 14–17 mm long, ovary inconspicuous, style short, 3–4 mm in diameter, 2–3 mm long, stigma enlarged, cream-white, glabrous, 15–20 mm in diameter, 12–15 mm high, upper surface the central part slightly convex and sometimes purple-red, with 3 radial, bifurcate lines, its margin sometimes purple-red, deep 6-lobed, lobes 6, subequal, ca. 6 mm long, 6–8 mm wide at base, revolute and bent downwards touching the base of the perigone, lower surface white, with 12, alternating large and small longitudinal ribs. Flowering from January to March.</p>
            <p>Etymology:— The species name refers to its ovate, adnate anthers. The Chinese name is “ ẇűƦṚDZDz ”(pinyin: luǎn yào zhî zhű bào dàn).</p>
            <p> Distribution and ecology:—At present,  Aspidistra ovatianthera is just known from Longzhou county and Daxin county in southwestern Guangxi, China. It grows under broad-leaved evergreen forests, in shaded rocky limestone slopes at elevation range of 170–360 m, not commonly. </p>
            <p> Similar species:—  Aspidistra ovatianthera is similar to  A. typica with the purplish red and urceolate perianth, but differs by its leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate (vs. ovate-lanceolate to ovate), 25–36 × 5–8.5 cm (vs. 18–32 × 7–12), base cuneate (vs. rounded), pistil umbrella-like shaped (vs. peltate), stigma deep 6-lobed at margin (vs. slightly 6-lobed), lobes large revolute and bent downwards touching the base of the perigone (vs. lobes small and flat). The new species also close to  A. revoluta H. Zhou, S.R.Yi &amp; Q. Gao in Zhou et al. (2016: 280) with the pistil shape with large revolute stigma lobes that bent downwards and touch the base of the perigone, but can be easily distinguished by the petiole 25–46 cm long (vs. 12–26), leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate (vs. sublinear), 25–36 × 5–8.5 cm (vs. 64–86 ×1.2–2.8), perianth urceolate (vs. widely campanulate to nearly bowl shaped). </p>
            <p>  Additional specimens examined (paratype):— CHINA. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Longzhou county,  Zhubu Town , limestone mountains, alt. 230 m, 27 April 2009, Yu-Song Huang &amp; Bin-Mou Wang H09355 (IBK);   Daxin county ,  Encheng National Natural Reserve , 21 April 2022, Chun-Rui Lin 1495 (IBK);   Guilin City,  Botany Garden of Guilin , taken to cultivation from the type locality, 12 April 2022, Chun-Rui Lin 1475 (IBK)  . </p>
            <p>Pollen morphology:— The pollen grains are subspherical, inaperturate, pollen size is (23.06–) 30.90 (–38.82) × (21.65–) 28.45 (–37.65) μm (Fig. 9C). Pollen with gemmate exine, the spores are nearly round, different sizes and smooth in surface (Fig. 9D).</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A7F879CFF98FFC6288DFF6F19E2F85E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lin, Chun-Rui;Xu, Wei-Bin;Huang, Yu-Song;Wang, Bing-Mou;Liu, Yan	Lin, Chun-Rui, Xu, Wei-Bin, Huang, Yu-Song, Wang, Bing-Mou, Liu, Yan (2023): Four new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from southern China. Phytotaxa 587 (2): 121-135, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
9A7F879CFF95FFCB288DFF6C1A54F99A.text	9A7F879CFF95FFCB288DFF6C1A54F99A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspidistra yunbiaoi C. R. Lin & Yan Liu 2023	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Aspidistra yunbiaoi C.R. Lin &amp; Yan Liu ,  sp. nov. (Fig. 5, 6) </p>
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                 TYPE:—   CHINA. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Pingnan County,  
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                 autonomous town, 110°19′ E, 23°55′ N, alt. 380 m, under the bamboo forest, not common, 18 July 2020, Chun-Rui Lin &amp; Xue-Yu Huang 1035 (holotype: IBK!, isotype: IBK!, IBSC!)  . 
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            <p> Diagnosis:—  Aspidistra yunbiaoi is morphologically similar to  A. synpetala C.R. Lin &amp; Yan Liu in Lin et al. (2019: 80), but differs by its longer petiole and larger leaf blade, perianth tube externally yellowish white with purplish red spots, stigma disc-shaped, upper surface white and with purplish red marking in center. </p>
            <p>Herbs perennial, evergreen, rhizomatous. Rhizome creeping, subterete, 4–6 mm thick, nodes dense. Roots numerous. Vaginal leaves 4–5, purple-red, 2–12 cm long, enveloping base of petiole, becoming black-brown when dry. Leaves solitary, 1–2 cm apart; petiole stiff upright, 16–28 cm long, 2–3 mm thick, adaxially sulcate; leaf blade usually broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 18–32 cm long, 7–12 cm wide, green, base broadly suborbicular, inequilateral, apex acuminate, margin entire, with prominent midvein on lower surface and 4–5 inconspicuous secondary veins at both sides. Peduncle erect or declining, purple, 0.8–2 cm long, with 5–7 bracts, bracts gradually wider from base to top of peduncle, the distal ones at base of perigone broadly ovate, purplish red, 9–12 mm long, 6–9 mm wide, apex obtuse. Flower solitary; perigone urceolate, fleshy, deeply 6 (or 8) lobed apically; lobes explanate, subequal, ovate-lanceolate, 6–8 mm long, 3–4.5 mm wide at base, both sides yellowish white with purplish red mottled densely to completely purplish red, each lobe basally with an adaxial, connect, white or purplish red appendage, appendages the bases explanate protruding horizontally over tube opening and reducing the opening to 3–4 mm; tube 8–10 mm long, 12–15 mm in diameter, externally yellowish white with purplish red spots, internally blackish purple. Stamens 6 (or 8), opposite to lobes, adpressed near the base of perianth tube, positioned conspicuously lower than stigma; anthers subsessile, ovate, ca. 2 mm long and ca. 1 mm wide, pollen yellowish white. Pistil mushroom-shaped, 4–6 mm long, ovary inconspicuous, style short, cylindrical, 1–2 mm long, stigma enlarged, fleshy, disc-shaped, hexagonal (or octagonal), 3–4 mm thick, 10–12 mm in diameter, upper surface slightly convex, white, with 3(or 4) radial, bifurcate, purplish red marking in center, its margin bent upwards, with 12 (or 16) longitudinal ribs, abaxially purplish red. Berry subglobose, 15–20 mm in diam, gray-brown to dull black, surface irregular tuberculate. Flowering from June to July, fruiting in the next year from July to August.</p>
            <p>Etymology: — The species is named after its discoverer, Yun-Biao Liao who is a wild plant enthusiast in Guangxi. The Chinese name is given as “ Ę⁂ψƦṚDZDz ” (pinyin: dà yáo shân zhî zhű bào dàn)</p>
            <p> Distribution and ecology:—At present,  Aspidistra yunbiaoi is just known from Pingnan county in southeastern Guangxi, China. It grows under evergreen coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest, beside the stream, in the river valley at elevation range of 350–420 m, not commonly. </p>
            <p> Similar species:—  Aspidistra yunbiaoi is similar to  A. synpetala with the purplish red and urceolate perianth, but differs by its petiole 16–28 cm (vs. 10–18), leaf blade 18–32 × 7–12 cm (vs. 10–15 × 4.5–7), perianth tube externally yellowish white with purplish red spots (vs. purplish red), anthers ca. 2 × 1 mm (vs. 1 × 1), stigma disc-shaped, 3–4 mm thick (vs. bowl-shaped, 4–6 mm thick), upper surface white and with purplish red marking in center (vs. purple). </p>
            <p>  Additional specimens examined (paratype):— CHINA. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Guilin City,  Botany Garden of Guilin , taken to cultivation from the type locality, 12 April 2022, Chun-Rui Lin 1475 (IBK). </p>
            <p>Pollen morphology:— The pollen grains are subspherical and inaperturate, pollen size is (31.11–) 33.89 (–37.09) × (26.67–) 31.86 (–35.15) μm (Fig. 9E). Pollen with rugulate exine, wrinkle edge is irregular, and with some irregular and uneven tuberculate processes (Fig. 9F).</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A7F879CFF95FFCB288DFF6C1A54F99A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lin, Chun-Rui;Xu, Wei-Bin;Huang, Yu-Song;Wang, Bing-Mou;Liu, Yan	Lin, Chun-Rui, Xu, Wei-Bin, Huang, Yu-Song, Wang, Bing-Mou, Liu, Yan (2023): Four new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from southern China. Phytotaxa 587 (2): 121-135, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
9A7F879CFF95FFCE288DF9741944FCDE.text	9A7F879CFF95FFCE288DF9741944FCDE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aspidistra xiaoyunii C. R. Lin, B. M. Wang & Yan Liu 2023	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Aspidistra xiaoyunii C.R. Lin, B.M. Wang &amp; Yan Liu ,  sp. nov. (Fig. 7, 8) </p>
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                 TYPE:—   China. Guangdong, Shengzhen city, Qiniang Mountain,  
                <a title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.31389/lat 28.721666)" href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.31389&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.721666">Dapeng Peninsula</a>
                 , in evergreen broad-leaved forests, rare, 28°43’18” N, 106°18’50” E, alt. 750–800 m, 20 May 2019, Bin-Mou Huang &amp; Chun-Rui Lin, 1320 (holotype: IBK!, isotype: IBK!, IBSC!)  . 
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            <p> Diagnosis:—  Aspidistra xiaoyunii is similar to  A. gracilis Tillich in Tillich &amp; Averyanov (2012: 206) with the flower shape, but clearly distinguished by its leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 18–32 cm long, 4–6.5 cm wide, stamens inserted at the base of perianth tube, around the base of style, stigma enlarged, dome-shaped, 5–7 mm high, style ca 2 mm long, significantly shorter than stigma. </p>
            <p>Herbs perennial, evergreen, rhizomatous. Rhizome creeping, epigeous, subterete, 5–7 mm diam., covered with scales, nodes dense. Roots numerous. Vaginal leaves 5–7, purple-red, up to 7 cm long, enveloping base of petiole, becoming black-brown when dry. Leaves solitary, 1–2 cm apart; petiole stiff, upright, 15–45 cm long, 2–3 mm thick, adaxially sulcate; leaf blade usually oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 18–32 cm long, 4–6.5 cm wide, dark green, scattered with small yellow-white spots on both surfaces, apex acuminate, base cuneate to narrowly cuneate, gradually narrowed into petiole, inequilateral, margin serrulate, with midvein prominent at abaxial surface and 3–4 inconspicuous secondary veins on lower surface. Peduncle arising from the nodes of apical part of rhizome, erect or declining, pale green with purplish red spots to dark purplish red, 1.5–10 cm long, with 5–7 bracts, bracts gradually wider from base to top of peduncle, the distal ones at base of perigone broadly ovate, with purplish red spots density, 8–10 mm long, 10–14 mm wide, apex subobtuse. Flower solitary, perigone campanulate, fleshy, externally greenish-white and with purplish red spots with increasing density from base to top, sometimes completely blackish purple-red, 18−22 mm tall, 8 lobed apically; lobes usually suberect, sometimes slightly excurved, subequal, ovate-triangular, 5–7 mm long, 6–8 mm wide at base, apex obtuse, internally purplish red mottled to completely blackish purple, densely verruculose, each lobe basally with 2–4 light keels and run down to the lower part of perianth tube; tube 14–16 mm long, 16–20 mm in diam., internally blackish purple-red and shallowly verruculose. Stamens 8, opposite to lobes, inserted at the base of perianth tube, around the base of style, positioned lower than stigma; filaments ca. 1 mm long, white, anthers oblong, ca. 2 mm long and 1 mm wide, pollen yellow. Pistil mushroom-shaped, 7–9 mm long, ovary inconspicuous, style cylindrical, ca 2 mm long and 1 mm in diam., stigma enlarged, cream-white, fleshy, dome-shaped, 5–7 mm high, 7–10 mm in diameter, upper surface nearly flat, slightly with 4 radial, bifurcate lines, its margin with 16 small longitudinal ribs, lower surface purplish red mottled. Berry subglobose, 12–15 mm in diam, green with purple tinge, surface sparsely irregular tuberculate. Flowering from April to May, fruiting from May to June the following year.</p>
            <p> Etymology:— The specific epithet is derived from Xiao-Yun Wang, who has collected the new species of  Aspidistra for the first time during field trips. The Chinese name is given as“ ãṈƦṚDZDz ”(pinyin: shçn zhèn zhî zhű bào dàn). </p>
            <p> Distribution and ecology:—At present,  Aspidistra xiaoyunii is only known from Dapeng Peninsula, Shenzhen city in south central Guangdong, under the shrubs at the top of mountain, in evergreen broad-leaved forests, rare. </p>
            <p> Similar species:—  Aspidistra xiaoyunii is similar to  A. gracilis with the flower shape, but differs by its petiole 15– 45 cm long (vs. 15–20 cm), leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate (vs. narrowly lanceolate), 25–36 × 5–8.5 cm (vs. 25–30 × 2.0– 2.5 cm), stamens inserted at the base of perianth tube, around the base of style (vs. ca. 2mm from the base of style), stigma enlarged, dome-shaped, 5–7 mm high (vs. 4 mm), style ca 2 mm long (vs. 6 mm), significantly shorter than stigma (vs. style nearly as long as or longer than stigma). The new species also close to  Aspidistra punctata , but can be easily distinguished by the petiole lobes usually suberect and slightly excurved sometimes (vs. obviously bend outward), and shorter than perianth tube (vs. lobes nearly as long as tube), stigma significantly longer than style (vs. stigma nearly as long as or shorter than style). </p>
            <p>  Additional specimens examined (paratype):— CHINA. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Guilin City,  Botany Garden of Guilin , taken to cultivation from the type locality, 22 April 2022, Chun-Rui Lin 1496 (IBK)  . </p>
            <p>Pollen morphology:— The pollen grains are subspherical and inaperturate, pollen size is (26.00–) 29.60 (–32.94) × (25.88–) 27.55 (–29.41) μm (Fig. 9G). Pollen with verrucate exine, the verrucous surface is smooth and closely arranged (Fig. 9H).</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A7F879CFF95FFCE288DF9741944FCDE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lin, Chun-Rui;Xu, Wei-Bin;Huang, Yu-Song;Wang, Bing-Mou;Liu, Yan	Lin, Chun-Rui, Xu, Wei-Bin, Huang, Yu-Song, Wang, Bing-Mou, Liu, Yan (2023): Four new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from southern China. Phytotaxa 587 (2): 121-135, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
