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Spatholirion
Spatholirion is a genus of climbing or rosette monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family. It is distributed from China in the north, south to Thailand, Vietnam, and northern Peninsular Malaysia. It has four to eight seeds per carpel, unlike the closely related Streptolirion, which has only two, and white or purple petals. The inflorescence axis of Spatholirion longifolium and all of its branches are a bright purple, probably aiding in visual pollinator attraction. The genus...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spatholirion longifolium
speciesSpatholirion longifolium
Spatholirion cucphuongense
speciesSpatholirion cucphuongense
Spatholirion decumbens
speciesSpatholirion decumbens
Spatholirion puluongense
speciesSpatholirion puluongense
Spatholirion ornatum
speciesSpatholirion ornatum
Spatholirion elegans
speciesSpatholirion elegans
Spatholirion calcicola
speciesSpatholirion calcicola
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 576792.