Editing Lilium (section)

==Taxonomy==
Taxonomical division in [[Section (botany)|sections]] follows the classical division of Comber,<ref>Harold Comber, 1949. "A new classification of the genus ''Lilium''". Lily Yearbook, Royal Hortic. Soc., London. 15:86–105.</ref> species acceptance follows the [[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]],<ref>{{cite web |title=''Lilium'' |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Lilium |editor1-last=Govaerts |editor1-first=R. |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=2013-02-03 |archive-date=2020-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901205003/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/prepareChecklist.do;jsessionid=3BE0008163BD6F022E834E66AE060A21.kppapp06-wcsp?checklist=selected_families%40%40245010920202150381 |url-status=live }}</ref> the taxonomy of section ''Pseudolirium'' is from the Flora of North America,<ref>Flora of North America, Vol. 26, [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=118558 Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015010208/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=118558 |date=2012-10-15 }}</ref> the taxonomy of Section ''Liriotypus'' is given in consideration of Resetnik et al. 2007,<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00606-006-0513-y |author1=Resetnik I. |author2=Liber Z. |author3=Satovic Z. |author4=Cigic P. |author5=Nikolic T. |title=Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the ''Lilium carniolicum'' group (Liliaceae) based on nuclear ITS sequences |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=265 |issue=1–2 |pages=45–58 |year=2007 |bibcode=2007PSyEv.265...45R |s2cid=32644749 }}</ref> the taxonomy of Chinese species (various sections) follows the Flora of China<ref>Flora of China, Vol. 24, [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118558 eFloras.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912151935/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118558 |date=2012-09-12 }}</ref> and the taxonomy of Section ''Sinomartagon'' follows Nishikawa et al.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nishikawa Tomotaro |author2=Okazaki Keiichi |author3=Arakawa Katsuro |author4=Nagamine Tsukasa |title=Phylogenetic Analysis of Section ''Sinomartagon'' in Genus ''Lilium'' Using Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region in Nuclear Ribosomal DNA |journal=育種学雑誌 Breeding Science |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=39–46  |year=2001 |url=http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsbbs/51/1/51_39/_article/-char/en |doi=10.1270/jsbbs.51.39|doi-access=free |bibcode=2001BrSci..51...39N }}</ref> as does the taxonomy of Section ''Archelirion''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nishikawa Tomotaro |author2=Okazaki Keiichi |author3=Nagamine Tsukasa |title=Phylogenetic Relationships among ''Lilium auratum'' Lindley, ''L. auratum'' var. ''platyphyllum'' Baker and ''L. rubellum'' Baker Based on Three Spacer Regions in Chloroplast DNA |journal=育種学雑誌 Breeding Science |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=207–213 |year=2002 |url=http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsbbs/52/3/52_207/_article |doi=10.1270/jsbbs.52.207|doi-access=free |bibcode=2002BrSci..52..207N }}</ref>

The ''Sinomartagon'' are divided in three [[paraphyletic]] groups, while the ''Leucolirion'' are divided in two paraphyletic groups.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Li Juan |author2=Cai Jing |author3=Qin Huan-Huan |author4=Price Megan |author5=Zhang Zhen |author6=Yu Yan |author7=Xie Deng-Feng |author8=He Xing-Jin |author9=Zhou Song-Dong |author10=Gao Xin-Fen |title=Phylogeny, Age, and Evolution of Tribe Lilieae (Liliaceae) Based on Whole Plastid Genomes |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=12 |date=2022 |page=699226 |issn=1664-462X |doi=10.3389/fpls.2021.699226|pmid=35178055 |pmc=8845482 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2022FrPS...1299226L }}</ref>

There are seven sections:
*''Martagon''
*''Pseudolirium''
*''Liriotypus''
*''Archelirion''
*''Sinomartagon''
*''Leucolirion''
*''Daurolirion''

There are 119 species counted in this genus.<ref name="POWO" /> For a full list of accepted species with their native ranges, see [[List of Lilium species]].

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! Picture !! Section !! Sub Section !!Botanical name !! common name
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| [[File:Lilium distichum.jpg|120px]]|| Martagon || || ''[[Lilium distichum]]''||
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| [[File:Hanson's Lily Lilium hansonii Flowers 1842px.jpg|120px]]|| Martagon ||  || ''[[Lilium hansonii]]''||
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| [[File:Lil martagon var cattaniae 01Infl Griechenland Rhodopen 16 07 01.jpg|120px]]|| Martagon ||  || ''[[Lilium martagon]]'' || Martagon or Turk's cap lily
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| [[File:Lilium medeoloides 220708.JPG|120px]]|| Martagon ||  || ''[[Lilium medeoloides]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium tsingtauense.jpg|120px]]|| Martagon ||  || ''[[Lilium tsingtauense]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium bolanderi.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium bolanderi]]'' || Bolander's Lily
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|-[[File:Lilium columbianum.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium columbianum]]'' || Columbia Lily or Tiger Lily
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|-[[File:Lilium humboldtii ssp ocellatum.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium humboldtii]]'' || Humboldt's lily
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| [[File:LiliumPuberulum.png|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium humboldtii|Lilium puberulum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium kelloggii.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium kelloggii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium rubescens edit.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium rubescens]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium washingtonianum 3.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2a|| ''[[Lilium washingtonianum]]'' || Washington Lily, Shasta Lily, or Mt. Hood Lily
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| [[File:Lilium kelleyanum.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2b|| ''[[Lilium kelleyanum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium maritimum 2.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2b|| ''[[Lilium maritimum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium occidentale.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2b|| ''[[Lilium occidentale]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium pardalinum.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2b|| ''[[Lilium pardalinum]]'' || Panther or Leopard lily
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| [[File:Lilium parryi.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2b|| ''[[Lilium parryi]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium parvum 2.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2b|| ''[[Lilium parvum]]'' || Sierra tiger lily or Alpine lily
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| [[File:CanadaLily.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2c|| ''[[Lilium canadense]]'' || Canada Lily or Meadow Lily
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| [[File:Lilium grayi 2.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2c|| ''[[Lilium grayi]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium iridollae.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2c|| ''[[Lilium iridollae]]''||
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| [[File:Tiger-lily.JPG|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2c|| ''[[Lilium michiganense]]'' || Michigan Lily
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| [[File:Lilium michauxii.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2c|| ''[[Lilium michauxii]]'' || Carolina Lily
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| [[File:LiliumSuperbum1.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium  ||2c|| ''[[Lilium superbum]]'' || Swamp lily or American tiger lily
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| [[File:L.pyrophilum3r.JPG|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2c|| ''[[Lilium pyrophilum]]'' || Sandhills Lily<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101744 |title=Lilium pyrophilum in Flora of North America @ |publisher=Efloras.org |access-date=2013-02-03 |archive-date=2012-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075459/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101744 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[File:Lilium catesbaei1LEPPYONE.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2d || ''[[Lilium catesbaei]]''||
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| [[File:Wild Lily Blooming along Dog Lake Trail at Kootenay National Park.jpg|120px]]||Pseudolirium ||2d|| ''[[Lilium philadelphicum]]'' || Wood lily, Philadelphia lily or prairie lily
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| [[File:Lilium candidum 1.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3a || ''[[Lilium candidum]]'' || Madonna lily
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| [[File:Lil albanicum 1aEB Griechenland Katarapass 14 06 00.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium albanicum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium bosniacum.JPG|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium bosniacum]] ''  (''Lilium carniolicum var. bosniacum'')||
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| [[File:Lil chalcedonicum 01EB Griechenland Hrisomiglia 17 07 01.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium chalcedonicum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium carniolicum.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium carniolicum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium ciliatum (2).jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium ciliatum]]''||
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|  ||Liriotypus||3b|| ''[[Lilium heldreichii]]''||
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| [[File:LiliumJankaeBulgaria1.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium jankae]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium pomponium.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium pomponium]]'' || Turban lily
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| [[File:Lil carniolicum subsp ponticum 01EB Tuerkei Ikizdere 02 07 93.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium ponticum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium pyrenaicum.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3b || ''[[Lilium pyrenaicum]]''||
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| [[File:Lii akkusianum 01aHab Tuerkei Akkus 07 07 93.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium akkusianum]]''||
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| [[File:Lil kesselringianum 01Hab Tuerkei Ardahan Savsat 04 07 94.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium kesselringianum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium monadelphum.JPG|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium monadelphum]]''||
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| [[File:Lil rhodopeum 01Infl Griechenland Rhodopen Livaditis 12 06 00.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium rhodopeum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium szovitsianum (Flower).jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium monadelphum|Lilium szovitsianum]]'' || Polish Lily
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| [[File:Lilium polyphyllum.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium polyphyllum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium ledebourii 2.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3c || ''[[Lilium ledebourii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium bulbiferum mg-k.jpg|120px]]||Liriotypus||3d || ''[[Lilium bulbiferum]]'' || Orange Lily or Fire Lily
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| [[File:Lilium speciosum.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion ||4a || ''[[Lilium speciosum]]'' || Japanese lily
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| [[File:LiliumAuratumVVirginaleBluete2Rework.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion||4b || ''[[Lilium auratum]]'' || Golden rayed lily of Japan, or Goldband lily
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| [[File:Lilium longiflorum var alexandrae.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion||4c|| ''[[Lilium alexandrae]]'' ||
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|[[File:Lilium japonicum 'Hyuga form' 2.jpg|120px|Lilium japonicum 'Hyuga form' in Mount Hokodake]]||Archelirion||4c || ''[[Lilium japonicum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium nobilissimum.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion||4c||''[[Lilium nobilissimum]]''||
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|[[File:Lilium brownii.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion||4d || ''[[Lilium brownii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium rubellum.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion||4d|| ''[[Lilium rubellum]]''||
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|[[File:Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum.jpg|120px]]||Archelirion||4d || ''[[Lilium auratum|Lilium platyphyllum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium davidii 5.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon ||5a|| ''[[Lilium davidii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium duchartrei.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a || ''[[Lilium duchartrei]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium henryi Inflorescence BotGardBln0806b.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a|| ''[[Lilium henryi]]'' || Tiger Lily or Henry's lily
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| [[File:Tigerlilysmall.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a || ''[[Lilium lancifolium]]'' || Tiger Lily (often known as ''L. tigrinum'')
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| [[File:Lilium lankongense2.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a|| ''[[Lilium lankongense]]''||
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| [[File:leichtlinii.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a || ''[[Lilium leichtlinii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium papilliferum (1) edit.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a|| ''[[Lilium papilliferum]]''||
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| [[File:LiliumRosthorniiFlora.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5a|| ''[[Lilium rosthornii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium amabile.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5b|| ''[[Lilium amabile]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium callosum.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5b|| ''[[Lilium callosum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium cernuum.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5b|| ''[[Lilium cernuum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium concolor.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5b || ''[[Lilium concolor]]'' || Morning Star Lily
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| [[File:Lilium fargesii.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5b || ''[[Lilium fargesii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium pumilum (Flower) 1.JPG|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5b || ''[[Lilium pumilum]]'' || Coral Lily, Low Lily, or Siberian Lily
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| ||Sinomartagon||5b|| ''[[Lilium xanthellum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium amoenum.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium amoenum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium arboricola]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium bakerianum.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium bakerianum]]''||
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| [[File:Lil euxanthum 02aHab China Yunnan Pass 4150 m 22 06 01.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium euxanthum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium henrici]]''||
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| [[File:Lil lophophorum 01aHab China Yunnan Big Snow Pass 19 06 01.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c || ''[[Lilium lophophorum]]''||
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| [[File:Siroi Lily.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c || ''[[Lilium mackliniae]]'' || Siroi Lily
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| [[File:Lilium majoense.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium majoense]] ''||
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| [[File:Lilium nanum.JPG|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium nanum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium nepalense (flower).jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c || ''[[Lilium nepalense]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium oxypetalum var insigne.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium oxypetalum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium paradoxum]]''||
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| [[File:Poilanei.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c  || ''[[Lilium poilanei]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium primulinum var.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon ||5c|| ''[[Lilium primulinum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium sempervivoideum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium sherriffiae]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium souliei.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium souliei]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium stewartianum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium taliense.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c|| ''[[Lilium taliense]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium wardii.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5c || ''[[Lilium wardii]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium brevistylum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium tenii lykkegaard.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium lijiangense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium anhuiense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium eupetes]]''||
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| [[File:Lil habaense 01aEB China Yunnan Gang Ho Ba 25 06 01.jpg|120px]]||Sinomartagon||5? || ''[[Lilium habaense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium huidongense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium jinfushanense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium matangense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium medogense]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium pinifolium]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium pyi]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium saccatum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium tianschanicum]]''||
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| ||Sinomartagon||5?|| ''[[Lilium floridum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium leucanthum var. centifolium.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6a|| ''[[Lilium leucanthum]]''||
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| [[File:Lil regale 01Infl China Sichuan Wolong 18 06 04.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6a || ''[[Lilium regale]]''||
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| [[File:LiliumSargentiae.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6a|| ''[[Lilium sargentiae]]''||
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| [[File:Liliumsulphureumflower2.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6a|| ''[[Lilium sulphureum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium wenshanense.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6a|| ''[[Lilium wenshanense]]''||
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| ||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium anhuiense]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium formosanum.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium formosanum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium longiflorum (Easter Lily).JPG|120px]]||Leucolirion||6b || ''[[Lilium longiflorum]]'' || Easter Lily
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| ||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium neilgherrense]]''||
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| [[File:LiliumPhillipinenseFlora6.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium philippinense]]''|| Benguet lily<ref name=ShootGardening>{{cite news|title=Lilium philippinense (Benguet lily)|url=http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/lilium-philippinense|access-date=10 February 2015|publisher=Shoot Limited|archive-date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210212144/http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/lilium-philippinense|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=SunStar>{{cite news|title=Park personnel rear vanishing Benguet lily|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/local-news/2013/08/13/park-personnel-rear-vanishing-benguet-lily-297618|access-date=10 February 2015|publisher=[[Sun.Star]] Baguio|date=13 August 2013|archive-date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210202625/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/local-news/2013/08/13/park-personnel-rear-vanishing-benguet-lily-297618|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[File:Lilium wallichianum.jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium wallichianum]]''||
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| ||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium zairii]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium puerense (1).jpg|120px]]||Leucolirion||6b|| ''[[Lilium puerense]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium dauricum.jpg|120px]]||Daurolirion|| || ''[[Lilium dauricum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium maculatum flower.jpg|120px]]||Daurolirion|| || ''[[Lilium maculatum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium pensylvanicum.jpg|120px]]||Daurolirion|| || ''[[Lilium pensylvanicum]]''||
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| || || ||''[[Lilium eupetes]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium armenum.jpg|120px]]|| || ||''[[Lilium armenum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium bosniacum.JPG|120px]]|| || ||''[[Lilium bosniacum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium columbianum by creek.jpg|120px]]|| || ||''[[Lilium columbianum]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium debile (Drawing).jpg|120px]]|| || ||''[[Lilium debile]]''||
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| [[File:Lilium humboldtii 1.jpg|120px]]|| || ||''[[Lilium humboldtii]]''||
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| || || ||''[[Lilium rockii]]''||
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Some species formerly included within this genus have now been placed in other genera. These genera include ''[[Cardiocrinum]]'', ''[[Notholirion]]'', and ''[[Fritillaria]]''.<ref>{{cite POWO |id=925333-1 |title=''Cardiocrinum'' (Endl.) Lindl. |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite POWO |id=24568-1 |title=''Notholirion'' Wall. ex Boiss. |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite POWO |id=30008840-2 |title=''Fritillaria'' Tourn. ex L. |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref> Four other genuses, 
''Lirium'', ''Martagon'', and ''Nomocharis'' are considered to [[Synonym (botany)|synonyms]] by most sources.<ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO |id=30009317-2 |title=''Lilium'' Tourn. ex L. |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>

===Etymology===
The botanic name ''Lilium'' is the [[Latin]] form and is a [[Linnaean taxonomy|Linnaean]] name. The Latin name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word {{lang|el|λείριον}} ''leírion'', generally assumed to refer to true, white lilies as exemplified by the [[Madonna lily]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hyam |first1=R. |last2=Pankhurst |first2=R.J. |year=1995 |title=Plants and their names : a concise dictionary |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-866189-4 |name-list-style=amp |page=186 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://members.shaw.ca/lilynet/netlil/id35.htm |title = Classification |website= Lily Net |access-date = 22 June 2008 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20080415193108/http://members.shaw.ca/lilynet/netlil/id35.htm| archive-date = 15 April 2008}}</ref><ref name="Liddel">{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=lei/rion |title=λείριον |last1=Liddell |first1=Henry George|last2=Scott|first2=Robert |work=A Greek-English Lexicon |publisher=Perseus Digital Library |date= 1940 }}</ref> The word was borrowed from [[Coptic language|Coptic]] (dial. Fayyumic) {{transliteration|cop|hleri}}, from standard {{transliteration|cop|hreri}}, from [[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]] {{transliteration|mis|hrry}}, from [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] {{transliteration|arz|hrṛt}} "flower".<ref> {{Citation |title=Egyptian Names |url=https://seshkemet.weebly.com/egyptian-names.html}} </ref> [[Meillet]] maintains that both the Egyptian and the Greek word are possible loans from an extinct, substratum language of the Eastern Mediterranean.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}  {{langx|grc|κρῖνον|label=}}, {{transliteration|grc|krīnon}},  was used by the Greeks, albeit for lilies of any color.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lily |volume=16 |page=687}}</ref>

The term "lily" has in the past been applied to numerous flowering plants, often with only superficial resemblance to the true lily, including [[water lily (disambiguation)|water lily]], [[fire lily (disambiguation)|fire lily]], [[lily of the Nile (disambiguation)|lily of the Nile]], [[calla Lily (disambiguation)|calla lily]], [[trout lily]], [[kaffir lily]], [[cobra lily (disambiguation)|cobra lily]], [[lily of the valley]], [[daylily]], [[ginger lily (disambiguation)|ginger lily]], [[Amazon lily]], [[leek lily]], [[Peruvian lily]], and others. All English translations of the Bible render the Hebrew ''shūshan'', ''shōshan'', ''shōshannā'' as "lily", but the "lily among the thorns" of ''[[Song of Songs|Song of Solomon]]'', for instance, may be the honeysuckle.<ref>{{cite book|title=Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed.|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-19-920687-2|page=3804}}</ref>