Lilium davidii
Lilium davidii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Genus: | Lilium |
Species: | L. davidii |
Binomial name | |
Lilium davidii Duch. ex Elwes | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Lilium davidii is an Asian species of plants in the lily family, native to mountainous areas of Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, Bhutan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.[1][2][3]
Lilium davidii grows up to 1.5m high, and bears up to about 20 unscented flowers with recurved leaves (bent backwards), orange or reddish orange, from July to August.[4]
The plant is cultivated for its edible bulb.[4] It is a stem-rooting lily (adventitious roots emerging above the bulb) that also forms bulbils.
The species is named for French missionary and naturalist Armand David (1826-1900).
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- ↑ Mao, A.A. & Bhaumik, M. (2007). Notes on Lilium davidii Duchartre - a rare beautiful lily from Manipur, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 436-438.
- 1 2 Liang Songyun (梁松筠 Liang Song-jun); Minoru N. Tamura. "Flora of China".
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- Patrick M. Synge: Collins Guide to Bulbs. 1961.
- European Garden Flora; vol. 1, 1986.
- Natural food-Vegetables
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