Cardiocrinum giganteum

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

Giant Himalayan lily
Cardiocrinum giganteum in Sichuan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Cardiocrinum
Species:
C. giganteum
Binomial name
Cardiocrinum giganteum
Synonyms[2]
  • Cardiocrinum mirabile (Franch.) Makino
  • Lilium cordifolium subsp. giganteum (Wall.) Baker
  • Lilium giganteum Wallich
  • Lilium mirabile Franch.

Two varieties are recognized[2][3]

History of cultivation

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]

References

  1. Cardiocrinum giganteum on Plants For A Future
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 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.
  4. Wallich, Nathaniel. 1824. Tentamen Florae Napalensis Illustratae 1: 21–23, pl. 12–13., as Lilium giganteum
  5. James H. Veitch (1906). Hortus Veitchii. p. 448.
  6. Henry John Elwes: A monograph of the genus Lilium; illustrated by W.H. Fitch. Taylor and Francis, London 1880


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