Lilium brownii

Lilium brownii
Lilium brownii var. brownii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. brownii
Binomial name
Lilium brownii
F.E.Br. ex Miellez

Lilium brownii is a species of lily native to mainland China, Hong Kong,[1] Kinmen and Matsu Islands[2] as well as northern and central Vietnam[3] and Kachin of Myanmar.[4] Its common names include Hong Kong lily and Brown's lily.[1]

Botanical varieties

There are two accepted varieties of L. brownii:[5]

  • L. brownii var. brownii: leaves lanceolate to linear, known as "wild lily" (野百合) in China.
  • Lilium brownii var. chloraster (Baker) Baker
  • L. brownii var. viridulum: leaves oblanceolate to obovate, known as "(common) lily" (百合) in China. This variety is often cultivated for its edible bulbs.

References

  1. ^ a b "Lilium brownii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. ^ 簡婉婷 (2010). "利用RAPD及rDNA ITS分子標誌分析馬祖原生百合遺傳歧異度". 學位論文. 臺灣大學園藝學研究所. doi:10.6342/ntu.2010.01634.
  3. ^ Averyanov, Leonid V.; Tanaka, Noriyuki; Nguyen, Khang Sinh (2016). "New Species - Lilium procumbens and its Allies in the Flora of Vietnam". Taiwania (in Chinese). 61 (1): 1–7. doi:10.6165/tai.2016.61.1. ISSN 0372-333X.
  4. ^ Kress, W. John; DeFilipps, Robert A.; Farr, Ellen; Kyi, Daw Yin Yin (2003). "A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma")". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 45: 1–590. ISSN 0097-1618. JSTOR 23493222.
  5. ^ "Lilium brownii in Flora of China". efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-01-17.