Lilium formosanum

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. Leucolirion
Species: Lilium formosanum
Name

Lilium formosanum A.Wallace, 1891.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lilium longiflorum var. formosanum Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 14: 524 (1880).
Lilium philippinense var. formosanum Grove, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 70: 63 (1921).
Lilium formosanum var. pricei Stoker, Lily Year-Book 4: 16 (1935).
Lilium formosanum var. microphyllum T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying, Fl. Taiwan 5: 61 (1978).
Lilium zairei Mynett & Mackiewicz, Acta Hort. 177: 667 (1986), not validly publ.

Hybrids

Lilium × formolense L.B.Tuffery
Lilium × formolongi K.Wada

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Eastern Asia
Taiwan
Introduced into:
Brazil Southeast, Cape Provinces, Florida, Japan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Victoria, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

, A.Wallace 1891. The Garden (London 1871-1927) 40: 442.

Additional references

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Lilium formosanum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Lilium formosanum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Lilium formosanum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 July 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Lilium formosanum. Published online. Accessed: July 30 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lilium formosanum Wallace in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2014-06-19.
Lilium formosanum A. Wallace – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Lilium formosanum – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
EOL: Lilium formosanum

Vernacular names
日本語: タカサゴユリ
svenska: Basunlilja
中文: 台灣百合

Lilium formosanum, also known as the Formosa lily or Taiwanese lily (traditional Chinese: 台灣百合; simplified Chinese: 台湾百合; pinyin: Táiwān bǎihé), is a plant species in the lily family, endemic to Taiwan.[2][3] It is closely related to the Easter lily found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, eastern and northern Taiwan. Both species are cultivated for their showy, trumpet-shaped flowers. Lilium formosanum has become naturalized in scattered locations in Africa, Australia, and the Americas.[1]

Varieties[1]

Lilium formosanum var. formosanum
Lilium formosanum var. microphyllum T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying

Names

Several common names for the Taiwanese lily are in use among Taiwanese-speaking peoples. These include wild lily (野百合 or 高砂百合), trumpet flower (喇叭花), mountain garlic (山蒜頭, 山石蒜, or 山蒜瓣), and master's flask (師公鈃 or 師公鈃仔花).[4] It is said the flower has another name of flower of broken bowl (打碗花) from the elderly members of the Hakka ethnic group. They believe that because the Taiwanese lily grows near bodies of clean water, harming the lily may damage the environment, just like breaking the bowls that people rely on.[5] An alternative explanation is that parents convince children into not taking the lily by convincing the children that their dinner bowls may break if they destroy this flower.
See also

Wild Lily student movement

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 147 台湾百合 tai wan bai he Lilium formosanum Wallace, Garden. 40: 442. 1891.
Wallace, Alfred Russel 1891. Garden, an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches 40: 442 description in English
"Taiwanese lily 台灣百合" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
Liberty Times (2015). 魯凱六角星，原民聖花 客庄打碗花，生態指標 (in Chinese). 自由電子報. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.