Lilium brownii var. chloraster

Lilium brownii var. chloraster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Lilium
Sectio: L. sect. Archelirion
Species: Lilium brownii
Varietas: Lilium brownii var. chloraster

Name

Lilium brownii var. chloraster (Baker) Baker, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 10: 225 (1891).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lilium longiflorum var. chloraster Baker, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 10: 66 (1891).
• Homotypic
  • Lilium chloraster (Baker) E.H.Wilson, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 42: 36 (1916).
  • Lilium leucanthum var. chloraster (Baker) E.H.Wilson, Lilies East. Asia: 41 (1925).
• Heterotypic
  • Lilium wenshanense L.J.Peng & F.X.Li, Acta Bot. Yunnan., Suppl. 3: 33 (1990).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker 1891. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 10: 225

Additional references

• Gao, Y.-D. & Gao, X.-F. 2014. Taxonomic notes on Chinese Lilium L. (Liliaceae) with proposal of three nomenclatural revisions. Phytotaxa 172(2): 101–108. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.2.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Lilium brownii var. chloraster in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Lilium brownii var. chloraster. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Lilium brownii var. chloraster. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lilium brownii var. chloraster. Accessed: 10 Nov 2025. Reference page. 

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