Tricyrtis formosana
| Tricyrtis formosana | |
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| 1914 illustration [1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Calochortoideae |
| Genus: | Tricyrtis |
| Species: | T. formosana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricyrtis formosana Baker | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tricyrtis formosana is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family.[3][2] It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan).
Tricyrtis formosana is an herb up to 80 cm tall, sometimes branching but sometimes not. Flowers are trumpet-shaped, light purple with darker purple spots.[4]
- Varieties[2]
- Tricyrtis formosana var. formosana - Taiwan, Iriomote
- Tricyrtis formosana var. glandosa (T.Shimizu) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying - Taiwan
References
- ↑ lithograph by J.N.Fitch published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 140 (= ser. 4, vol. 10), plate 8560
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Baker, John Gilbert 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17(103): 465
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 152 台湾油点草 tai wan you dian cao Tricyrtis formosana Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 465. 1879.
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