Dear Garg ji, That is because these lilies are hybrid in origin. There is no true species called Lilium asiatica - many sites erroneously or loosely give that name. Royal Horticulure Society has categorized all the Lilium hybrids into 9 divisions, the first of which is Asiatic hybrids. Read about it here: https://floridata.com/Plants/Liliaceae/Lilium%20hybrids/1049 Best wishes Tabish
------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 7:55 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Tabish ji, > Several > <https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/lily/planting-asiatic-lilies.htm> > sites <https://plantcaretoday.com/asiatic-lily-care.html> give botanical > name as *Lilium asiatica.* > But I could not find any name like this or *Lilium asiaticum *in either The > Plant List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lilium+asiaticum+> > or Catalogue of Life > <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/Lilium+/fossil/0/match/1/page/2/sort//direction/asc> > . > Why? > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Date: 14-Jul-2017 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:271915] SK618 05 JUL-2017:ID > To: "Nidhan Singh" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Saroj Kasaju" < > [email protected]> > > Several > <https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/lily/planting-asiatic-lilies.htm> > sites <https://plantcaretoday.com/asiatic-lily-care.html> give botanical > name as *Lilium asiatica.* > But I could not find any name like this or *Lilium asiaticum *in either The > Plant List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lilium+asiaticum+> > or Catalogue of Life > <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/Lilium+/fossil/0/match/1/page/2/sort//direction/asc> > . > > On 6 July 2017 at 09:41, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Nidhan ji. >> >> On 05-Jul-2017 9:34 PM, "Nidhan Singh" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think Asiatic Lily...Lilium asiaticum !! >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
