Amana wanzhensis (Liliaceae), a new species from Anhui, China Author Han, Bangxing College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Research Center of Research and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine; West Anhui University; Anhui Province, Lu’an, 237012, China & National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herbs, Beijing 100700, China Author Zhang, Ke Department of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230031, China; e-mail: huangluqi 01 @ 126. com Author Huang, Luqi National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herbs, Beijing 100700, China text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-08-27 177 2 118 124 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.177.2.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.177.2.3 1179-3163 5144621 Amana wanzhensis L.Q.Huang, B.X.Han & K.Zhang , sp. nov. ( Fig. 1 ) Haec species nova ad A. erythronioides affinis , sed bracteis minoribus ( 0.1–0.5 cm longis), antherae luteae, tepalis deciduis differt. Type: China . Anhui Province : Ningguo City , Xianxia Town , 30°34’ 79’’N, 119°22’97”E, 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. Distribution and habitat: A. wanzhensis is endemic to Xianxia Town, Ningguo City, Anhui Province , where it is widespread. It mostly grows in moist bamboo forests or meadow with elevation ranging from 600 to 800 m .