Lilium pensylvanicum var. alpinum (N.I.Kuznetsov) J.Compton & Sytin, 2023

Compton, James A. & Sytin, Andrej K., 2023, The History and introduction of the Daurian Lily Lilium pensylvanicum and the new combination L. pensylvanicum var. alpinum (Liliaceae), PhytoKeys 236, pp. 215-247 : 215

Lilium pensylvanicum var. alpinum (N.I.Kuznetsov) J.Compton & Sytin comb. nov.

Basionym.

Lilium dauricum var. alpinum N.I.Kuznetsov, Trudy Bot. Muz. Rosiisk. Akad. Nauk 18: 80 (1920). Lectotype designated here from syntypes (Fig. 8 ): Russia Far East, Sakhalin Ostrov, Naibuchi Post, [near Dolinsk], 27 June 1899, N.Shestunov 59 (lecto. LE!) [LE01075424]; syntypes: Russia Far East, Amurskaya Oblast, Chamberlain N. L. Gondatti Expedition, railway construction line between Nevers and Urusha stations, loam deposits on river bank, 1 May 1910, Kvashnin-Samarin 204 (LE!) [LE01075428]; Russia Far East, Amur Oblast, upper reaches of the River Rakindi [Reka Pravaya Rakindi], no collector cited (n.v.); Russia Far East, Sakhalin Ostrov, among rocky mountains, near Due [Dui], 30 May 1872, [Foma or Tomash, Matveyevich] Avgustinovich s.n. (n.v.); Russia Far East, Primoriye Region [Primorsky Krai], Udskoi, [Udskoye, now Khabarovsk Krai] P.Meyer s.n. (n.v.).

Distribution.

Russia - Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin.

This variety probably has a wider distribution than indicated from Herbarium material seen in LE. It is, for example, likely to include short plants known informally as “rebunense” from Rebun Island off the north-west corner of Hokkaido, Japan.

Phenology.

Flowering period is from May to June.

Figures

Figure 8. Lectotype specimen N. Shestunov 59 of Lilium dauricum var. alpinum LE 01075424 designated by Compton & Sytin, this paper.