Lilium brownii

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Lilium brownii is a species of lily native to mainland China, Hong Kong, Kinmen and Matsu Islands as well as northern and central Vietnam and Kachin of Myanmar. Its common names include Hong Kong lily and Brown's lily.

Botanical varieties

There are two accepted varieties of L. brownii:

L. brownii var. brownii: leaves lanceolate to linear, known as "wild lily" (野百合) in China.
Lilium brownii var. chloraster (Baker) Baker
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

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{{Cite journal|author=簡婉婷|year=2010|title=利用RAPD及rDNA ITS分子標誌分析馬祖原生百合遺傳歧異度|url=http://www.airitilibrary.com/Publication/alDetailedMesh1?DocID=U0001-1608201010345700|journal=學位論文|publisher=臺灣大學園藝學研究所|doi=10.6342/ntu.2010.01634}}

{{Cite journal|last=Averyanov|first=Leonid V.|last2=Tanaka|first2=Noriyuki|last3=Nguyen|first3=Khang Sinh|date=2016|title=New Species - Lilium procumbens and its Allies in the Flora of Vietnam|url=http://www.airitilibrary.com/Publication/alDetailedMesh?DocID=0372333X-201603-201603150001-201603150001-1-7|journal=Taiwania|language=zh|volume=61|issue=1|pages=1–7|doi=10.6165/tai.2016.61.1|issn=0372-333X}}

{{Cite web|url=http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027704|title=Lilium brownii in Flora of China|website=efloras.org|access-date=2020-01-17}}

{{Cite journal|last=Kress|first=W. John|last2=DeFilipps|first2=Robert A.|last3=Farr|first3=Ellen|last4=Kyi|first4=Daw Yin Yin|date=2003|title=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")|journal=Contributions from the United States National Herbarium|volume=45|pages=1–590|jstor=23493222|issn=0097-1618}}

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Category:Flora of China

Category:Flora of Hong Kong

Category:Flora of Vietnam

Category:Flora of Myanmar