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true lilies
Lilium
Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their range extends into the northern subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common name but are not related to true lilies.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lilium sect. Pseudolirium
sectionPseudolirium
Lilium sect. Martagon
sectionMartagon
Lilium sect. Sinomartagon
sectionSinomartagon
Lilium sect. Leucolirion
sectionLeucolirion
Lilium sect. Liriotypus
sectionLiriotypus
Lilium sect. Archelirion
sectionArchelirion
Lilium sect. Lophophorum
sectionLophophorum
Lilium sect. Regalia
sectionRegalia
Lilium sect. Nepalensia
sectionNepalensia
Lilium apertum
speciesLilium apertum
Lilium pardanthinum
speciesLilium pardanthinum
Royle's Lily
speciesLilium oxypetalum
Dzukou Lily
speciesLilium chitrangadae
Lilium saluenense
speciesLilium saluenense
Lilium gongshanense
speciesLilium gongshanense
Lilium sealyi
speciesLilium sealyi
Lilium meleagrina
speciesLilium meleagrina
Lilium assamicum
speciesLilium assamicum
Lilium tenii
speciesLilium tenii
Lilium eupetes
speciesLilium eupetes
Lilium procumbens
speciesLilium procumbens
Lilium pyi
speciesLilium pyi
Lilium synapticum
speciesLilium synapticum
Lilium yapingense
speciesLilium yapingense
Lilium basilissum
speciesLilium basilissum
Lilium brevistylum
speciesLilium brevistylum
Lilium floridum
speciesLilium floridum
Lilium medogense
speciesLilium medogense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.175
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.221
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.221
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.632
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.94
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.396
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.148
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.209
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.166
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.463
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.594
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.139
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lilium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48928.