''Lilium monadelphum'' is a bulbous plant native to
Crimea
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and to
North
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Etymology
The word ''north ...
and
South Caucasus
The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...
.
[Ikinci, N., Oberprieler, C. & Güner, A. (2006). On the origin of European lilies: phylogenetic analysis of ''Lilium'' section ''Liriotypus'' (Liliaceae) using sequences of the nuclear ribosomal transcribed spacers. Willdenowia 36: 647-565.]
Description
''Lilium monadelphum'' grows from 0.5 to 2 metres (1.5 to 6 feet) tall. The flowers have reflexed tepals (tepals bent backward), in banana yellow with purple spots.
;formerly included[
* ''Lilium monadelphum'' subsp. ''armenum'', now called '' Lilium armenum''
* ''Lilium monadelphum'' var. ''ledebourii'', now called '' Lilium ledebourii''
* ''Lilium monadelphum'' var. ''szovitsianum'', now called '' Lilium szovitsianum''
]
References
External links
Pacific Bulb Society, ''Lilium Candidum'' Section
color photos of several species including ''Lilium monadelphum''
in Norwegian with color photo
Missouri Botanical Garden, Rare, Endangered and Vulnerable Plants of the Republic of Georgia, ''Lilium monadelphum''
monadelphum
Flora of the Caucasus
Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
Plants described in 1808
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