Lilium japonicum
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Genus: | Lilium |
| Species: | L. japonicum |
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Lilium japonicum, the bamboo lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae.[2] It is native to central and southern Japan.[1] A cold-hardy bulbous geophyte growing to 50 to 100 cm (20 to 40 in) tall, it is often found in association with bamboos of the genus Sasa, which it resembles in its stems and leaves.[3] It is used in Shinto rites.[3]
Subtaxa
[edit]The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Lilium japonicum var. abeanum (Honda) Kitam. – Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku, extremely rare, adapted to serpentine soils[4]
- Lilium japonicum var. angustifolium (Makino) Makino – Kii Peninsula of Honshu, may be a natural hybrid with Lilium auratum[5]
- Lilium japonicum var. japonicum – entire range
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Lilium japonicum Thunb. ex Houtt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ↑ "Lilium japonicum (IXb/a) bamboo lily". Find a plant. The Royal Horticultural Society. 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
Other common names; Japanese lily, Kramer's lily, sasa-yuri
- 1 2 Fern, Ken (13 October 2024). "Useful Temperate Plants Lilium japonicum". temperate.theferns.info. Temperate Plants Database. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
very ornamental
- ↑ Kawase, D.; Hayashi, K.; Takeuchi, Y.; Yumoto, T. (2010). "Population genetic structure of Lilium japonicum and serpentine plant L. japonicum var. abeanum by using developed microsatellite markers". Plant Biosystems. 144 (1): 29–37. Bibcode:2010PBios.144...29K. doi:10.1080/11263500903342721.
- ↑ Yamamoto, Sho; Yamagiwa, Yutaka; Inaba, Zentaro; Handa, Takashi (2018). "Morphological and Simple Sequence Repeat Analysis to Clarify the Diversity of Natural Lilium japonicum and L. auratum Hybrids in the Hybrid Zone of the Izu Peninsula, Japan". The Horticulture Journal. 87: 115–123. doi:10.2503/hortj.OKD-074.
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