Lilium brevistylum
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Lilium brevistylum is a plant type from the genus of lilies ( Lilium ) in the Asian section . It wasfirst describedin 1980 as a variety of Lilium nanum and classified as a separate species in 1986.
description
Lilium brevistylum is a perennial, herbaceous plant and reaches a height of between 20 and 35 centimeters. The purple onion is elongated-round with a diameter between 1.5 and 2 centimeters, the scales are lanceolate, between 2 and 3 centimeters long and 5 to 7 millimeters wide. The stem is hairless, the linear or narrowly lanceolate leaves are distributed and are between 3 and 5 centimeters long and 2 to 5 millimeters wide.
In June the species blooms with nodding, bell-shaped single flowers. The elliptical-lanceolate, 2 to 2.2 centimeters long and 5 to 8 millimeters wide bracts are yellow, tinged with pale purple and mottled purple in the further course. The outer bracts are slightly narrower than the inner ones.
The short stamens are curved, the hairless stamens 8 to 10 millimeters, the anthers 4 to 5 millimeters long. The ovary is around 1 centimeter long and 4 millimeters wide, the stylus is characteristically short with a length of only one millimeter and was the inspiration for the epithet of the species ( brevistylum = "short-handled").
distribution
The species is endemic to Zayü County in southeastern Xizang in the People's Republic of China. It grows there at altitudes around 4,300 m on the edges of the forest.
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literature
- Liang Songyun, Minoru N. Tamura: Lilium brevistylum . In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, Hong Deyuan (eds.): Flora of China . tape 24 . Missouri Botanical Garden Press / Science Press, St. Louis / Beijing 2000, ISBN 978-0-915279-83-8 , pp. 139 ( online [accessed February 3, 2009]).
- Stephen G. Haw: The Lilies of China . Timber Press, Portland 1986, ISBN 978-0-88192-034-5 , pp. 164 .
Web links
- Markus Hohenegger: Lilium brevistylum. In: The Genus Lilium. Retrieved February 3, 2010 .