Tricyrtis formosana

Tricyrtis formosana, the toad lily,[3] is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family.[4][2] It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan).

Tricyrtis formosana
1914 illustration [1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Tricyrtis
Species:
T. formosana
Binomial name
Tricyrtis formosana
Synonyms[2]
  • Compsoa formosana (Baker) Kuntze

The Latin specific epithet formosana refers to the former name of Taiwan, Formosa.[5]

Description
Tricyrtis formosana - National Botanic Gardens (Ireland)

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.[6]

Varieties[2]
  • Tricyrtis formosana var. formosana - Taiwan, Iriomote
  • Tricyrtis formosana var. glandosa (T.Shimizu) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying - Taiwan

References
  1. lithograph by J.N.Fitch published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 140 (= ser. 4, vol. 10), plate 8560
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. "Tricyrtis formosana". RHS. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. Baker, John Gilbert 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17(103): 465
  5. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  6. 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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