Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Liliales Perleb
Family
Liliaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lilium L., Sp. Pl. 302-303 (1753)
Type Taxon:
Lilium candidum L.
Vernacular Name(s):
Lily
 Description

Perennials; bulb scaly. Stem simple, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves all cauline, upper sometimes with bulbils in axils, linear or lanceolate, usually sessile, scattered or verticillate. Flowers large, trumpet-like, solitary, or in lax terminal racemes; segments free, varying in shape, spreading or revolute in upper half, usually with basal nectary. Capsule obovate, 6-ribbed. Seeds many, flat.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Lilium L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Exotic: Casual4
Total6
 Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.