皖浙老鸦瓣Amana wanzhensis

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  • Scientific Name: Amana wanzhensis L.Q.Huang, B.X.Han & K.Zhang
  • Ref: Phytotaxa 177 (2): 120. 2014
  • Chinese Common Name: 皖浙老鸦瓣
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Amana
  • Type:—China. Anhui Province: Ningguo City, Xianxia Town,alt. 735 m, 18 March 2013, B.X. Han & X.W. Song 2012125 (holotype, ACM!, isotype, PE!). 
 Perennial herbs; bulbs ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter, tunics brown, papery, pilose inside. Stems 15–30 cm tall,
glabrous, simple. Leaves 2, opposite, lanceolate, green, 15–30 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, entire, obviously vein. Bracts
usually 3 in number, not whorled, ribbon, 0.1–0.5 cm long, floral deciduous. Flowers solitary, funnel-shaped; tepals
6, white, with a green blotch at the base and brown strips on the back; Stamens 6, two-wheeled, anthers 0.4–0.6 cm
long, yellow, filaments 0.5–0.7 cm long, white. Oval ovaries, yellowish-green, 0.6 cm long, styles 1 cm long. Fruits
triquetrous, 1–2 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide. Flowers in February or March and fruits in March or April. The new species
is closely related to A. erythronioides, but readily distinguished from it by having shorter bracts (0.1–0.5 cm long),
yellow anthers, deciduous tepals.
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