中文名（Chinese Name）：滇黄精
学名（Scientific Name）：Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl.
英文名（English Common Name）：
别名（Chinese Common Name）：节节高、仙人饭
异名（Synonym）：Polygonatum uncinatum Diels Polygonatum darrisii H. Lév. Polygonatum cavaleriei H. Lév. Polygonatum agglutinatum Hua Polygonatum ericoideum H. Lév. Polygonatum kingianum var. grandifolium D. M. Liu et W. Z. Zeng Polygonatum kingianum var. uncinatum (Diels) C. Jeffrey et McEwan Polygonatum esquirolii H. Lév. Polygonatum kingianum var. cavaleriei (H. Lév.) C. Jeffrey et McEwan Polygonatum kingianum var. ericoideum (H. Lév.) C. Jeffrey et McEwan Polygonatum huanum H. Lév.
科属（Family & Genus）：百合科（Liliaceae）黄精属
形态特征（Description）：根状茎近圆柱形或近连珠状，结节有时作不规则菱状，肥厚，直径1-3厘米。茎高1-3米，顶端作攀援状。叶轮生，每轮3-10枚，条形、条状披针形或披针形，长6 -20（-25）厘米，宽3-30毫米，先端拳卷。花序具（1-）2-4（-6）花，总花梗下垂，长1-2厘米，花梗长0.5-1.5厘米，苞片膜质，微小，通常位于花梗下部；花被粉红色，长18-25毫米，裂片长3-5毫米；花丝长3-5毫米，丝状或两侧扁，花药长 4-6毫米；子房长4-6毫米，花柱长（8-）10-14毫米。浆果红色，直径1-1.5厘米，具7-12颗种子。花期3-5月，果期9-10月。
分布（Distribution）：产云南、四川、贵州。生海拔700-3600 米林下、灌丛或阴湿草坡，有时生岩石上。越南、缅甸也有。
用途（Use）：根状茎也作黄精用。
引自植物志英文版：FOC Vol. 24 Page 228
Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 138. 1890.
滇黄精 dian huang jing | Liliaceae | Polygonatum
Polygonatum agglutinatum Hua; P. cavaleriei H. Léveillé; P. darrisii H. Léveillé; P. ericoideum H. Léveillé; P. esquirolii H. Léveillé; P. huanum H. Léveillé; P. kingianum var. cavaleriei (H. Léveillé) C. Jeffrey & McEwan; P. kingianum var. ericoideum (H. Léveillé) C. Jeffrey & McEwan; P. kingianum var. grandifolium D. M. Liu & W. Z. Zeng; P. kingianum var. uncinatum (Diels) C. Jeffrey & McEwan; P. uncinatum Diels.
Rhizome subterete or submoniliform, 1--3 cm thick. Stem erect, 1--3 m, glabrous, apex subscandent. Leaves in whorls of 3--10, sessile, linear to lanceolate, 6--20(--25) × 0.3--3 cm, herbaceous or leathery, apex cirrose. Inflorescences (1 or)2--4(--6)-flowered; peduncle 1--2 cm, pendulous; bracts borne usually on proximal part of pedicel, small, membranous. Pedicel 0.5--1.5 cm. Perianth pink or white, cylindric-campanulate, 1.8--2.5 cm; lobes 3--5 mm. Filaments filiform or compressed, 1.7--5 mm, glabrous or slightly papillose; anthers 4--6 mm. Ovary 4--6 mm. Style (0.8--)1--1.4 cm. Berries red, 1--1.5 cm in diam., 7--12-seeded. Fl. Mar--May, fr. Sep--Oct. 2 n = 26*, 30*, 32*, 64.
Forests, thickets, shaded moist grassy slopes and rocks; 700--3600 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan [Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
This species is highly variable. For example, the type of Polygonatum cavaleriei ( Cavalerie 2166, E) is apparently quite different from that of P. kingianum in leaves and flowers. Further studies are needed to confirm whether or not the synonyms listed above for P. kingianum really belong to this species.
