Cardiocrinum giganteum
Giant Himalayan lily | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Cardiocrinum |
Species: | C. giganteum
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Binomial name | |
Cardiocrinum giganteum | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Cardiocrinum giganteum, the giant Himalayan lily, is the largest species of any of the lily plants, growing up to 3.5 metres high. It is found in the
- Varieties
Two varieties are recognized[2][3]
- C. giganteum var. giganteum - up to 3 metres tall, the outer part of the flower greenish and the inside streaked with purple - Tibet, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim
- C. giganteum var. yunnanense - 1–2 metres tall, the outer part of the flower white and the inside streaked with purplish red - Myanmar, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
Description
Cardiocrinum giganteum is a bulbous perennial. Flowers are white, fragrant, shaped like a trumpet, and 8 in (20 cm) long. Petals have purple streaking and a greenish tinge on the outside. Leaves are medium to dark green, broad-ovate in shape, and 12–15 in (30–38 cm) long. Giganteum means unusually large or tall.[4] It grows in woodland clearings.[5]
History of cultivation
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The plant was first described scientifically in 1824 by Nathaniel Wallich.[6] The species was introduced into commercial production (as Lilium giganteum) in Britain in the 1850s. A bulb grown from seed collected by Major Madden flowered in Edinburgh in July 1852, while those collected by Thomas Lobb were first exhibited in flower in May 1853.[7]
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1880 illustration[8]
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A plant of C. giganteum var. yunnanense growing at Jardin Jungle Karlostachys in France
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Fruits
References
- ^ Cardiocrinum giganteum on Plants For A Future
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Xinqi Chen; Song-Yun Liang; Jie-mei Xu; David E. Boufford; Michael G. Gilbert; Rudolf V. Kamelin; Shoichi Kawano; Tetsuo Koyama; Elena V. Mordak; Junko Noguchi; Victor G. Soukup; Hiroshi Takahashi; Kamilla G. Tamanian; Minoru N. Tamura; Nicholas J. Turland. "Cardiocrinum giganteum". Flora of China.
- ^ "Cardiocrinum giganteum - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Cardiocrinum giganteum PFAF Plant Database". pfaf.org. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Wallich, Nathaniel. 1824. Tentamen Florae Napalensis Illustratae 1: 21–23, pl. 12–13., as Lilium giganteum
- ^ James H. Veitch (1906). Hortus Veitchii. p. 448.
- ^ Henry John Elwes: A monograph of the genus Lilium; illustrated by W.H. Fitch. Taylor and Francis, London 1880