Holotype of Aspidistra zhangii Aver., Tillich & K.S.Nguyen det. Averyanov, Leonid Vladimirovich, Tillich, Hans-Juergen, Khang Sinh Nguyen at 20.05.2016
Ninh Binh prov., Nho Quan district, Cuc Phuong National Park, around point N20 15 03.6 E105 41 58.7 20°15'03.6"N 105°41'58.7"E, at elev. about 165 m a.s.l., scattered in closed evergreen broad-leaved lowland secondary forests at the base of limestone. Erect herb with long rhizome, fruit green Common NSK 762 Date: 9 December 2014 Coll.: Nguyen Sinh Khang
Flowered under cultivation in 20 May 2016. Flowers odorless, perianth tube white to light green, lobes dark purple-brown to almost black, anthers yellow, stigma white, floral bracts greenish speckled with dirty purple-brown to uniform dirty purple-brown. Photos. L. Averyanov.
Record creation: 2019-04-06, Leonid Averyanov, PhotoScan D1Citation: Specimen LE 01050479 // Virtual herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute RAS — http://re.herbariumle.ru/01050479