| Lilium brownii | |
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| Lilium brownii var. brownii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Lilium |
| Species: | L. brownii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lilium brownii F.E.Br. ex Miellez | |
Lilium brownii is a species of lily native to mainland China, Hong Kong, Kinmen and Matsu Islands as well as northern and central Vietnam and Kachin of Myanmar. Its common names include Hong Kong lily and Brown's lily.
Botanical varieties
There are two accepted varieties of L. brownii:
- L. brownii var. brownii: leaves lanceolate to linear, known as "wild lily" (野百合) in China.
- Lilium brownii var. chloraster (Baker) Baker
- L. brownii var. viridulum: leaves oblanceolate to obovate, known as "(common) lily" (百合) in China. This variety is often cultivated for its edible bulbs.
References
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- Averyanov, Leonid V.; Tanaka, Noriyuki; Nguyen, Khang Sinh (2016). "New Species - Lilium procumbens and its Allies in the Flora of Vietnam". Taiwania (in Chinese). 61 (1): 1–7. doi:10.6165/tai.2016.61.1. ISSN 0372-333X.
- Kress, W. John; DeFilipps, Robert A.; Farr, Ellen; Kyi, Daw Yin Yin (2003). "A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma")". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 45: 1–590. ISSN 0097-1618. JSTOR 23493222.
- "Lilium brownii in Flora of China". efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-01-17.