Notholirion

Notholirion
Notholirion macrophyllum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Notholirion
Wall. ex Boiss.
Type species
Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf[2]

Notholirion is a small Asian genus of bulbous plants in the lily family. It is closely related to Lilium, but each individual flowers only once, and then dies after producing offsets. The bulb is covered by a tunic. Leaves are basal, produced in autumn and winter. [3][4]

Species[5][6][3]

References

  1. 1878 illustration. Source: Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 104, lithograph by J. Nugent Fitch
  2. lectotype designated by Wilson, Lilies E. Asia 100 (1925).
  3. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 133 假百合属 jia bai he shu Notholirion Wallich ex Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 190. 1882.
  4. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1882. Flora Orientalis 5: 190 description in Latin
  5. The Plant List
  6. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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