Disporum bodinieri (H. Lév. & Vaniot) F. T. Wang & Tang

Hara (Bull. Univ. Mus. Univ. Tokyo 31: 180. 1988) reported Disporum leucanthum H. Hara from China based on specimens from Sichuan ( Hsieh 40064; Xiong & Li 90719) and Yunnan ( Ward 215), but these specimens seem to be D. bodinieri. Further studies are needed in order to ascertain whether or not the two taxa are conspecific.

Rhizome creeping, rather thick. Stem usually branched distally, 30--70(--100) cm. Petiole 5--10 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 5--15 × 2--6 cm, often scabrous at margin and on veins abaxially. Inflorescences terminal, umbellate, 2--6-flowered; pedicels 1.5--2.5 cm, usually papillose. Flowers funnelform to broadly obconical. Tepals white or yellowish green, rarely purple, obovate-oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1--1.2 cm × 3--5 mm, base gibbous-spurred; spurs ca. 1 mm. Stamens 6--11 mm, included or equaling tepals; filaments 3--5 mm; anthers ca. 3 mm. Ovary 2--3 mm. Style 4--7 mm. Berries subglobose, 5--10 mm in diam., 3--6-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 16*.

Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.

* Forests, thickets, rocky places; 1200--3000 m.

Tovaria bodinieri H. Léveillé & Vaniot, Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 23: 360. 1905; Disporum brachystemon F. T. Wang & T. Tang; D. pullum Salisbury var. ovalifolium H. Léveillé.