Amana yunjuensis B.X.Han & X.W.Song

Song, Xiangwen, Li, Bing, Wang, Wei, Xu, Tao, Shen, Xiaoxiao, Han, Bangxing & Yi, Shanyong, 2024, Amana yunjuensis (Liliaceae), a new species from Jiangxi, China, Phytotaxa 644 (3), pp. 229-235 : 232

Amana yunjuensis B.X.Han & X.W.Song , sp. nov. (Figs 3,4)

Type:— CHINA. Jiangxi Province: Jiujiang City, Mt. Yunju , 5 Mar 2019, Song SXW190305 (holotype: ACM; isotype: PE) .

The new species differs from A. anhuiensis , A. hejiaqingii , and A. yunmengensis in having a larger bulb (1.5–3 cm) generally without a villous inside. The most important is the new species initiates growth in November, whereas the other Amana species start growing January to February.

Perennial herbs with ovoid bulbs, 1.5–3.0 cm in diameter, tunics brownish, glabrous inside. Stems unbranched, 15–30 cm tall, slender, glabrous. Leaves 2, opposite, needle shaped, green, 15–40 × 1–2 cm. Bracts usually 3 or 4, linear, green, 2–4 cm long, 2–4 cm under the flower. Flowers mostly solitary, sometimes two, funnel-shaped; tepals 6, white, with a deep green blotch at the base inside, white or red on the back, outer tepals lanceolate, 1.5–4 × 0.5–1.0 cm, inner tepals a little smaller. Stamens 6, in 2 whorls, anthers purple, 0.5–0.8 cm long, filaments yellowish green, 0.4–0.8 cm long. Ovaries yellowish green, 0.5–1.2 cm long, stigma not oblique. Fruits triquetrous, 1.5–3.0 × 1.0–2.0 cm wide.

Habitat and distribution:—Primarily in moister, deciduous, broad-leaved forests at 600–1200 meters; documented only on the slopes of Mounts Yunju and Lu, Jiangxi Province.

Phenology:—Growth initiated November, flowering February–March and fruiting March–April.

Etymology:—Derived from the name of the mountain, yunjushan, where Amana yunjuensis was discovered.