Lilium brownii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Lilium
Sectio: L. sect. Archelirion
Species: Lilium brownii
Varietates: L. b. var. brownii – L. b. var. viridulum
Name

Lilium brownii F.E.Br. ex Miellez, Cat. Expos. Soc. Hort. Lille: s.p. 1841.
Synonyms

Homotypic
Lilium japonicum var. brownii (F.E.Br. ex Miellez) Baker, Gard. Chron. 1871: 709. 1871.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lilium brownii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 5. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Hong Kong lily
svenska: Kantonlilja
中文: 野百合,淡紫百合

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.
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

"Lilium brownii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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.
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.
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.
"Lilium brownii in Flora of China". efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-01-17.