Tricyrtis formosana

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Tricyrtis formosana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Tricyrtis
Species:
T. formosana
Binomial name
Tricyrtis formosana
Synonyms [1]
  • Compsoa formosana(Baker) Kuntze

Tricyrtis formosana, the toad lily, [2] is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family. [3] [1] It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan).

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The Latin specific epithet formosana refers to the former name of Taiwan, Formosa. [4]

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1914 illustration
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Tricyrtis formosana - National Botanic Gardens (Ireland)

Description

Tricyrtis formosana is a rhizomatous herbaceous peennial up to 80 cm (31 in) tall, sometimes branching but sometimes not. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, white or light purple with prominent darker purple spots. [5]

Varieties [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Tricyrtis formosana". RHS. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Baker, John Gilbert 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17(103): 465
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
  5. ↑ 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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