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Lilium apertum

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ1568910 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lilium apertum is an Asian species of flowering plant in the lily family. It is found in the mountains of southwestern China (Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan) and Myanmar.

Description

Lilium apertum is a perennial, herbaceous plant reaching heights of between 25 and 50 centimeters. Flowers are rose-colored.

References

External links

Stephen G. Haw (1986). The Lilies of China. Portland: Timber Press. pp. 140–145. ISBN 0881920347.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lilium apertum” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lilium, apertum and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lilium, apertum and species providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1568910. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1986.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lilium apertum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.