Other conspecific taxa:

• Lilium lancifolium var. fortunei (0 accessions)
• Lilium lancifolium var. lancifolium (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl.

Common names:

• devil lily  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• Easter lily  (Source: F Korea) - English
• kentan  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• martagon  (Source: F New Brunswick) - English
• tiger lily  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• lis élégant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Tigerlilie  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• oni-yuri  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Japanese Rōmaji
• laco-de-prata  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• lírio-de-tigre  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• lirio de tigre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• tigerlilja  (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn) - Swedish
• juan dan  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Hortus 3; Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
• Human food:
• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Henan, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai, Guangxi, Xizang]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku] Korea


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. in temperate regions)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2021. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://mgb.cimmyt.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104679. Accessed 23 January 2021.