C. crispatula Engl. var. sinensis (Merr.) Jacobsen, stat. et comb. nov. - The narrow leaved Cryptocoryne of Mainland Asia, Jacobsen, 1991

Aqua-Planta 16(1): 1-33, 1991

The narrow leaved Cryptocoryne of Mainland Asia

Niels Jacobsen

C. crispatula Engl. var. sinensis (Merr.) Jacobsen, stat. et comb. nov.

C. sinensis Merr. Sunyatsenia 3: 247 (1937). - Type: Morse 221, Lungvhow (NY, isotypes K).

C. yunnanensis H. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sinica 15: 108 (1977). - Type: Chin 60132, Meng-la (Bot. Inst. Yunnan). Paratype: Y.C. Li 2728 (Bot. Inst. Yunnan).

Leaves 10 - 20 cm long, 0.5 - 1.5 cm broad, usually emerged (?), green(ish), smooth to slightly undulate. Spathe with a rather short tube, 8 - 12 cm long, limb of spathe with a rather short spiral (Fig. 41).

Notes: Var. sinensis seems to be a form with rather short, broad, stiff leaves. It is not known to be in cultivation.

Var. sinensis occurs in southern China.








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