Lilium brownii var. viridulum Baker, Gard. Chron. 24: 134 (1 August 1885)

Compton, James A., 2022, The history and typification of Lilium brownii A. Lemoinier (Liliaceae), PhytoKeys 195, pp. 29-62 : 29

Lilium brownii var. viridulum Baker, Gard. Chron. 24: 134 (1 August 1885)

Lilium brownii = Lilium brownii [unranked] brevifolium T.S.Ware ex Rob., The Garden 28: 115 (1 August 1885). Type not found.

Lilium brownii platyphyllum = Lilium brownii var. platyphyllum Baker, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 10: 225 (1891). Type not found: China, Hubei, A.Henry s.n.

Lilium aduncum = Lilium aduncum Stapf in Elwes, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 70: 101 (1921). Lectotype designated here from syntypes: China, Hubei, Ichang [Yichang] and immediate neighbourhood, San-ya-yang, May 1888, A.Henry 4160 (lecto. K!) [K-000464659]; syntype: China, Hubei, Ichang,"between the mountains and the hills" received March 1886, A.Henry 514 (syn. K!) [K-000464658].

Lilium brownii ferum = Lilium brownii var. ferum Stapf in Elwes, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 70: 101 (1921). Lectotype designated here from syntypes: China, Hubei, Ichang, "Nan-to and mountains northward", February 1887, A.Henry 2047 (lecto. K!) [K-000464656]; syntype: China, Western Hubei, June 1907 to November 1909, E.H.Wilson 1447 (syn. K!) [K-000464657].

Holotype.

ex Japan (cultivated), Thomas Softley Ware, Hale Farm Nursery, Tottenham, London, 22 July 1885 (holo. K!) [K-000464651]. Paratype: "Hort. Ware, July 1885" (para. K!).

Diagnosis.

Differing from var. Lilium brownii brownii and var. Lilium brownii chloraster by the dark green obovate-lanceolate to oblanceolate leaves 5-7 × 1-2 cm (vs. linear to lanceolate 0.6-1 cm wide). The leaf size also decreases and becomes more sparse towards the apex of the inflorescence than in the other varieties. Corolla colour varies in the degree of colouration from finely chestnut brown markings externally to greenish.

Distribution.

China: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. It seems that var. Lilium brownii viridulum does not occur in Guandong Province.

Ecology.

Growing along ravines on grassy slopes, in clearings of open forests and amongst low scrub, 100 to 1000 m alt. Flowering in June and July.

Illustration.

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92598#page/82/mode/1up (as Lilium japonicum ).