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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.

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