Biology:Lilium monadelphum

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Short description: Species of lily

Lilium monadelphum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. monadelphum
Binomial name
Lilium monadelphum
Bieb.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lilium loddigesianum Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Lilium georgicum Manden.

Lilium monadelphum is a bulbous plant native to Crimea and to North and South Caucasus.[2][3][4]

Description

Lilium monadelphum grows from 0.5 to 2 metres (1.5 to 6 feet) tall. The flowers have reflexed tepals (tepals bent backward), in banana yellow with purple spots.

formerly included[2]
  • Lilium monadelphum subsp. armenum, now called Lilium armenum
  • Lilium monadelphum var. ledebourii, now called Lilium ledebourii
  • Lilium monadelphum var. szovitsianum, now called Lilium szovitsianum

References

  1. Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica 1: 267 in Latin
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  4. Ikinci, N., Oberprieler, C. & Güner, A. (2006). On the origin of European lilies: phylogenetic analysis of Lilium section Liriotypus (Liliaceae) using sequences of the nuclear ribosomal transcribed spacers. Willdenowia 36: 647-565.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1425232 entry