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The genus Lilium is in the family Liliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lilium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Lilium akkusianum Gämperle	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium albanicum Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium amabile Palib.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium amoenum E.H.Wilson ex Sealy	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium anhuiense D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium arboricola Stearn	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium armenum (Miscz. ex Grossh.) Manden.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium auratum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium bakerianum Collett & Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium bolanderi S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium bosniacum (Beck) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium brevistylum (S.Yun Liang) S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium brownii F.E.Br. ex Miellez	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium bulbiferum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium callosum Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium canadense L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium candidum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium catesbaei Walter	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium cernuum Kom.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium chalcedonicum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium ciliatum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium columbianum Leichtlin	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium concolor Salisb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium davidii Duch. ex Elwes	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium debile Kittlitz	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium distichum Nakai ex Kamib.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium duchartrei Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium × elegans Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium eupetes J.M.H.Shaw	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium fargesii Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium floridum J.L.Ma & Yan J.Li	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium formosanum Wallace	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium grayi S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium habaense F.T.Wang & Tang	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium hansonii Leichtlin ex D.D.T.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium henrici Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium henryi Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium huidongense J.M.Xu	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium humboldtii Roezl & Leichtlin ex Duch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium iridollae M.G.Henry	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium jankae A.Kern.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium japonicum Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium jinfushanense L.J.Peng & B.N.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium kelleyanum Lemmon	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium kelloggii Purdy	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium kesselringianum Miscz.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium lancifolium Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium lankongense Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium ledebourii (Baker) Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium leichtlinii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium leucanthum (Baker) Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium lijiangense L.J.Peng	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium longiflorum Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium lophophorum (Bureau & Franch.) Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium mackliniae Sealy	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium maculatum Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium maritimum Kellogg	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium martagon L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium matangense J.M.Xu	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium medeoloides A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium medogense S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium michauxii Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium michiganense Farw.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium monadelphum M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium nanum Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium nepalense D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium occidentale Purdy	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium papilliferum Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium paradoxum Stearn	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pardalinum Kellogg	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium parryi S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium parvum Kellogg	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pensylvanicum Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium philadelphicum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium philippinense Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pinifolium L.J.Peng	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium poilanei Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium polyphyllum D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pomponium L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium ponticum K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium primulinum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium puerense Y.Y.Qian	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pumilum Delile	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pyi H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pyrenaicum Gouan	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium pyrophilum M.W.Skinner & Sorrie	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium regale E.H.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium rhodopeum Delip.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium rockii R.H.Miao	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium rosthornii Diels	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium rubellum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium rubescens S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium saccatum S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium sargentiae E.H.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium sempervivoideum H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium sherriffiae Stearn	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium souliei (Franch.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium speciosum Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium stewartianum Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium sulphureum Baker ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium superbum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium szovitsianum Fisch. & Avé-Lall.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium taliense Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium tianschanicum N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium tsingtauense Gilg	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium wallichianum Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium wardii Stapf ex F.C.Stern	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium washingtonianum Kellogg	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium wenshanense L.J.Peng & F.X.Li	Accepted		WCSP
Lilium xanthellum F.T.Wang & Tang	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 373 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lilium. Of these 111 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 326 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lilium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 373 species names for the genus Lilium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	111	29.8%
◕	Synonym	247	66.2%
◕	Unplaced	12	3.2%
◕	Unassessed	3	0.8%

All names

The status of the 699 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lilium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	157	22.5%
◕	Synonym	526	75.3%
◕	Unplaced	12	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	4	0.6%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 23 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 3 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 373 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lilium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	111	234	0	0	345	92.5%
	Medium confidence	0	7	0	0	7	1.9%
	Low confidence	0	6	12	3	21	5.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Lilium, are as follows: