Biology:Lilium wallichianum
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| 1880 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Lilium |
| Species: | L. wallichianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lilium wallichianum Schult.f.
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Lilium wallichianum is an Asian species of bulbous plants in the lily family native to the Indian Subcontinent and to Myanmar. It is native to India , as well as Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Lilium wallichianum grows on slopes and grasslands at 1,200 to 2,000 m (3,900 to 6,600 ft), and in moist shade 1,100 to 2,000 m (3,600 to 6,600 ft) elevation.[8] The bulbs are stoloniferous, with new bulbs capable of appearing some distance from the parent plant. The green stem tinged with purple grows up to 2 m (6.6 ft) high. The leaves are scattered, dark green, linear to lanceolate and up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long. Each stem bears up to four trumpet-shaped flowers, white to creamy-yellow, held horizontally and up to 20 cm (7.9 in) across.[9] A fairly difficult species to grow successfully in the garden, it requires a moist slightly acidic soil with excellent drainage. The species prefers light dappled shade and blooms very late in the season.
The species was named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786 – 1854), Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician.[10]
- Varieties[2]
- Lilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense (Wight) H.Hara - Nepal, Karnataka and Kerala in southern India
- Lilium wallichianum var. wallichianum - Himalayas
References
- ↑ illustration from: Henry John Elwes: A monograph of the genus Lilium; illustrated by W.H. Fitch. Taylor and Francis, London 1880
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
- ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- ↑ Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- ↑ Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
- ↑ Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
- ↑ "Lilium wallichianum - Schult.&Schult.". Plants for a Future. http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lilium+wallichianum. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ Christopher Brickell, The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersly, London, 1996, p617. ISBN:0-7513-0436-0
- ↑ Joseph Dalton Hooker (1851). Curtis's botanical magazine. Reeve Brothers. p. 4561. https://books.google.com/books?id=qN8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4561. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q309626 entry
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