Lilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense (Wight) H.Hara

 
  • Family : LILIACEAE
    (Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LILIACEAE
  • Basionym : Lilium neilgherrense Wight
  • Synonym(s) : Lilium tubiflorum Wight
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense (Wight) H.Hara
  • Common name : The Nilgir lilly
  • Vernacular name : Kuzhalpoovu, Thathapoovu, Thazhamboo (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Shola forests and grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Rare on higher hills, amongst grasses
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 04/10/1970
  • Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1002
  • Collection Locality : B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district, The Nilgiri district, Dindigul district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)

Comments

All fields are required






 
Creative Commons License
Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ernet.in.