''Lilium formosanum'', also known as the Formosa lily or Taiwanese lily (), is a plant species in the
lily family,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
.
Wallace, Alfred Russel 1891. Garden, an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches 40: 442
description in English It is closely related to the Easter lily found in the Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yon ...
of Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
, eastern and northern Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
. Both species are cultivated for their showy, trumpet-shaped flowers. ''Lilium formosanum'' has become naturalized in scattered locations in Africa
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, Australia
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, and the Americas
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;Varieties[
*''Lilium formosanum'' var. ''formosanum''
*''Lilium formosanum'' var. ''microphyllum'' T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
]
Names
Several common names for the Taiwanese lily are in use among Taiwanese-speaking peoples. These include wild lily ( or ), trumpet flower (), mountain garlic (, , or ), and master's flask ( or ).Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
ethnic group. They believe that because the Taiwanese lily grows near bodies of clean water, harming the lily may damage the environment, just like breaking the bowls that people rely on.
See also
* Wild Lily student movement
Taiwan's Wild Lily student movement () or March student movement was a six-day student demonstration in 1990 for democracy. The sit-in at Memorial Square in Taipei (since rededicated as Liberty Square in commemoration of the movement) was init ...
References
External links
Fine Gardening
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Floridata
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formosanum
Flora of Taiwan
Plants described in 1891
Garden plants of Asia
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