FIGURE 3 in Aspidistra viridiflora (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from Vietnam

FIGURE 3. Shoot system of Aspidistra viridiflora. A. Diagram of the rhizome. The diagram shows an entire elementary shoot (its phyllomes are green), five distal phyllomes of an elementary shoot of the previous generation (black) and two initial phyllomes of the subsequent elementary shoot (blue). Axillary buds (vegetative and generative) are shown as red ellipses. Each elementary shoot possesses several cataphylls (lines on the diagram) followed by foliage leaves (filled figures). The diagram shows physical orientation of the rhizome in relation to the ground (bottom side on the figure). B–D. Schemes of rhizomes. Each scheme shows distal part of a shoot, which comprises two completely developed elementary shoots (their phyllomes are black and green) and an undeveloped terminal elementary shoot (its phyllomes are blue). Elementary shoots of previous generation are shown in dotted lines. Cataphylls are shown as short claw-shaped figures and foliage leaves as long claw-shaped figures; axillary buds (vegetative and generative) are shown as red half-ellipses. Arrowhead indicates shoot apical meristem. B. Rhizome with cataphylls subtending the peduncles with anthetic flowers (red clavate structures) on the two most recently developed elementary shoots. C. Rhizome with elementary shoot (green) with odd number of cataphylls. D. Branched rhizome, first elementary shoot (black) possessing a single foliage leaf.