| Notholirion | |
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| Notholirion macrophyllum[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss. |
| Type species | |
| Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf[1]
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Notholirion is a small Asian genus of bulbous plants in the lily family, Liliaceae.[3] It is closely related to Lilium, but each individual flowers only once, and then dies after producing offsets. The bulb is covered by a tunic. Leaves are basal, produced in autumn and winter.[4][5]
- ^ lectotype designated by Wilson, Lilies E. Asia 100 (1925).
- ^ 1878 illustration. Source: Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 104, lithograph by J. Nugent Fitch
- ^ "Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 133 假百合属 jia bai he shu Notholirion Wallich ex Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 190. 1882.
- ^ Boissier 1884.