Lilium stewartianum I.B.Balfour & W.W. Smith (1922: 127)

Gao, Yun-Dong, 2015, Continuous variation supports accommodating Lilium habaense and L. xanthellum within L. stewartianum (Liliaceae), Phytotaxa 226 (2), pp. 196-198 : 198

Lilium stewartianum I.B.Balfour & W.W. Smith (1922: 127) .

Type: — CHINA. Yunnan: Zhongdian (Chungtien), Yangtze Bend, Jul. 1913, G. Forrest 10647 (holotype E-00381831!, isotypes E-00381975!, K-000464722!).

Heterotypic synonyms:— Lilium habaense F.T. Wang & Tang (1986: 51) syn. nov. Type:— CHINA. Yunnan: Zhongdian, Haba Snow Range, 8 Jun. 1939, K. M. Feng 1229 (holotype PE-00035866!, isotype KUN-304257!). L. xanthellum F.T.Wang & Tang (1980: 283) . syn. nov. Type:— CHINA. Sichuan: Xiangcheng, 24 Jun 1960, S. K. Wu 9665 (holotype PE-00035961!). L. xanthellum var. luteum Liang (1980: 283) syn. nov. Type:— CHINA. Sichuan: Xiangcheng, 30 Jun. 1973, Sichuan Vegetation Exped. 2838 (holotype PE-00035963!).

Description:—Tepals yellow (initially green), with no or shallow to deep purple spots (the rest of description see Liang & Tamura 2000).

Distribution and habitat: —(Based on annotated specimens) Sunny slopes among scrub, open rocky places along valleys; 3200–4300 m. SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan.

Additional specimens examined: Lilium habaense : — CHINA. Yunnan: Zhongdian, Haba Snow Mountain, 8 Jul 1939, K.M. Feng 1229 (PE!, KUN!)

Lilium stewartianum : — CHINA. Yunnan: Zhongdian (Chungtien), Yangtze Bend, Jul. 1913, G. Forrest 10647 (E!, K!)

Lilium xanthellum : — CHINA. Sichuan: Xiangcheng , 1 Jul. 1972, Z. G. Liu 1017 ( CDBI!) ; ibid., 3 Jun. 1973, Sichun Flora Exped. Xiang-2832 ( CDBI!, PE!, KUN!) ; ibid., 1 Aug. 1981, Qinghai-Tibetan Exped. 4808 ( CDBI!) ; ibid., 24 Jun. 1960, S. K. Wu 9665 ( PE!) ; ibid., 1 Jul. 2010, Y. D. Gao G2010070102 , G2010070106 ( SZ!) ; ibid., 20 Jul. 2010, Kham Exped. 10-275 ( PE!). Yunnan:Shangri-La, 16 Jul. 2010, Kham Exped. 10-157 ( PE!) ; ibid., 31 Aug. 2010, Kham Exped. 10-3094 ( PE!) .