Cardiocrinum giganteum
| Giant Himalayan lily | |
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| Cardiocrinum giganteum in Sichuan | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 Himalayas, China and Myanmar (Burma).[2]
- 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
History of cultivation
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The plant was first described scientifically in 1824 by Nathaniel Wallich.[4] 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.[5]
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1880 illustration[6] -
A plant of C. giganteum var. yunnanense growing at Jardin Jungle Karlostachys in France
![1880 illustration[6]](/wiki/File:Cardiocrinum_giganteum.jpg)
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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