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Aspidistra is a genus that was largely ignored by field botanists until the 1980s onwards, and there has been a rapid rise in the number of recognised species since then. [5] Some 8 to 10 species were known in the late 1970s; 30 new species were described from China in the 1980s.
Aspidistra elatior, the cast-iron-plant [3] or bar-room plant, also known in Japanese as haran or baran (葉蘭) [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Japan and Taiwan.
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This species is a perennial herb. Its rhizome is creeping, and measures 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter. Its leaves are 1.5 to 2.5 centimetres (0.59 to 0.98 in) apart, its strong petiole measuring about 30 to 35 centimetres (12 to 14 in); the lamina is obovate and acuminate, measuring about 30 by 10 centimetres (11.8 by 3.9 in).
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Aspidistra recondita is a species of flowering plant. A. recondita takes its name from the Latin reconditus , meaning "hidden", referring to its sexual organs being completely hidden inside its ovoid perigone , with a small opening.