Lilies and Related Plants - RHS Lily Group
Lilies and Related Plants - RHS Lily Group
Lilies and Related Plants - RHS Lily Group
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photograph © Yun-Dong Gao<br />
Nomocharis, even though distinct from N . aperta. However, the data indicated a<br />
possible hybrid origin of N . gongshanensis, whereby the maternal ancestor might<br />
have been an extinct or undiscovered Nomocharis-like, <strong>and</strong> the paternal ancestor a<br />
Lilium-like plant.<br />
Phylogenetic relationships within the Nomocharis-Lilium complex<br />
The main findings from the molecular phylogenetic analyses were:<br />
• Nomocharis is nested within the genus Lilium.<br />
• The Nomocharis clade includes all Nomocharis species <strong>and</strong> Lilium nepalense.<br />
• Sections Sinomartagon <strong>and</strong> Leucolirion are paraphyletic.<br />
• There are two independent clades of mixed Daurolirion <strong>and</strong> Sinomartagon<br />
species.<br />
• L . bulbiferum appears to be a part of Sinomartagon, not of Liriotypus, which<br />
is monophyletic.<br />
Currently, no plant material, i.e. seeds or bulbs, are available of this new species.<br />
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Nomocharis gongshanensis habit<br />
during flowering.