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Lilium nobilissimum is a species of plant in the lily family Liliaceae. Endemic to the island of Kuchinoshima in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture, it grows on the cliffs of the southwestern portion of the island. In floral breeding circles, the plant was used for the production of upright oriental lilies. Lilium nobilissimum was first described as a form of Lilium japonicum by Tomitaro Makino in 1902; it was elevated to full species status in 1914.
Known to the Japanese under the name tamoto-yuri, the name may either denote the sleeves that were used to hold the lily as they were harvested from their cliffside habitat or that the native habitat was close to a locale called Tamotogaura (袂ケ浦). The lilies served as a historical tribute to the Satsuma Domain, which presented the emperor with 12 stalks of the plant yearly.
Lilium nobilissimum is exclusively found in Kuchinoshima in Japan's Ryukyu Islands (Kagoshima Prefecture). It grows on open meadows and sea cliffs between the elevations of 50–200 metres (160–660 ft) on the southwestern portion of the island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lilium nobilissimum 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.
