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Lilium lophophorum is a species of plant in the lily family Liliaceae. First described in 1898 by Adrien René Franchet and Édouard Bureau, it is found in the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, where it grows on mountain slopes and alpine regions of elevations between 2,500–4,500 metres (8,200–14,800 ft).
Having been initially classified in the genus Fritillaria, it was placed in the (now defunct) genus Nomocharis for some time, and considered for placement in its own genus at some point. It was then moved into the genus Lilium after J. Robert Sealy noted morphological similarities between Nomocharis subg. Oxypetala, which L. lophophorum was a part of, with the remainder of Lilium. Within the genus Lilium, it has been moved several times, being placed in groups Sinomartagon in 1949, Oxypetalum in 1974, and Lophophorum in 2000.
Lilium lophophorum has a restricted distribution, ranging from Western China to Southeastern Tibet, with the first collection records originating from Sikang. In China, it is found in Sichuan, Yunnan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. The southernmost record for L. lophophorum was a specimen collected by Forrest in Yunnan province, on the Chienchuan-Mekong divide.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lilium lophophorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
