Tricyrtis formosana

Tricyrtis formosana
	1914 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Calochortoideae
Genus:	Tricyrtis
Species:	T. formosana
Binomial name
	Tricyrtis formosana; Baker
Synonyms
	Compsoa formosana (Baker) Kuntze; Tricyrtis stolonifera Matsum.; Tricyrtis formosana var. stolonifera (Matsum.) Masam.; Tricyrtis kotoensis G.W.Rob.; Tricyrtis formosana var. grandiflora S.S.Ying;

Tricyrtis formosana is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family.^[3]^[2] It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan).

Tricyrtis formosana is an herb up to 80 cm tall, sometimes branching but sometimes not. Flowers are trumpet-shaped, light purple with darker purple spots.^[4]

Varieties^[2]

Tricyrtis formosana var. formosana - Taiwan, Iriomote
Tricyrtis formosana var. glandosa (T.Shimizu) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying - Taiwan

References

^ lithograph by J.N.Fitch published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 140 (= ser. 4, vol. 10), plate 8560
^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Baker, John Gilbert 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17(103): 465
^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 152 台湾油点草 tai wan you dian cao Tricyrtis formosana Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 465. 1879.

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[1] thograph by J.N.Fitch published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 140 (= ser. 4, vol. 10), plate 8560

[h-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[3] Baker, John Gilbert 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17(103): 465

[4] Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 152 台湾油点草 tai wan you dian cao Tricyrtis formosana Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 465. 1879.

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