Lilium speciosum

Lilium speciosum
photo of white-flowered cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Lilium
Species: L. speciosum
Binomial name
Lilium speciosum
Thunb.
Synonyms[1]

Lilium speciosum is an East Asian species of plants in the lily family. It is native to soutohern Japan and southern China, where it can be found on elevations of 600–900 metres (2,000–3,000 ft).[1][2][3] It is sometimes called the Japanese lily though there are other species with this common name.

Lilium speciosum has flowers up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) by 0.3 metres (1 ft 0 in) in diameter, blooming from August to September in north temperate regions.[4] The flowers are white to pink in colour, and strongly scented. It is later flowering than most other species. Many garden forms are in cultivation, and the species has been widely used for breeding of garden forms.

Lilium speciosum contains phenolic glycosides, such as 6′-O-feruloylsucrose and (25R,26R)-26-methoxyspirost-5-en-3β-ol 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-d-glucopyranoside, and steroidal saponins.[5]

Varieties[1]
  1. ^ Image from "Flora Japonica" by Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Lilium speciosum Thunb.
  3. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 142 药百合 yao bai he Lilium speciosum var. gloriosoides Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s.,. 14: 198. 1880.
  4. ↑ "Lilium speciosum". Plants for a Future. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Yoshihiro Mimaki and Yutaka Sashida (1991). Steroidal and phenolic constituents of Lilium speciosum 30 (3). Phytochemistry. pp. 937–940. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(91)85283-6.

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