Lilium eupetes

Lilium eupetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Lilium
Species:	L. eupetes
Binomial name
	Lilium eupetes; J.M.H.Shaw

Lilium eupetes is a recently discovered and described epiphytic species of lily from the north of Vietnam.^[1]^[2]

Lilium eupetes reproduces by seed and vegetatively via the production of bulbils dispersed by wind. When the leaves die back they wither and curl into a circle. This eventually detaches from the stem, and acts as the functional equivalent of a samara, carrying the attached bulbil to a new site.^[1]

References

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[sissy-1] Julian Mark Hugh Shaw, Three New Crûg Farm Introductions, Plantsman 7(1): 39-43 (2008)

[2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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