Biology:Lilium tsingtauense

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Short description: Species of lily

Lilium tsingtauense
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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. tsingtauense
Binomial name
Lilium tsingtauense
Gilg
Synonyms[1]

Lilium tsingtauense, also known as twilight lily, is an East Asian species of plants in the lily family.[1][2] It is native to Korea and eastern China (Anhui + Shandong Provinces).[3]

Lilium tsingtauense is an herb up to 85 cm tall, growing as a single stem from a scaly bulb. It has smooth, inversely lanceolate leaves, about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and mostly in 2 whorls. The plant bears loose umbels of 6 (but may be up to 15) upright, unscented, shallow trumpet-shaped flowers, that blossom under partial sunlight. These appear in midsummer and are orange or reddish-orange with maroon spots.[1][4]

It is named for the city of Qingdao in The People's Republic of China,[5] which was then known as Tsingtau under the German lease on the Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Gilg, Ernest Friedrich 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34(Beibl. 75): 24 description in Latin, commentary in German
  3. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 138 青岛百合 qing dao bai he Lilium tsingtauense Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(Beibl. 75): 24. 1904.
  4. Christopher Brickell (1996). The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd.. p. 617. ISBN 0-7513-0436-0. 
  5. Allen J Coombes (1985). The Hamlyn Guide to Plant Names. London: Reed International Books. p. 118. ISBN 0-600-57545-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q141821 entry