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Streptolirion
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Streptolirion

Streptolirion is a genus of climbing monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family. It consists of a single species, namely Streptolirion volubile. It has a broad distribution in Asia, from China's western Hubei Province as well as the Russian Far East, Korea and Japan in the northeast, south to Vietnam and west to India. Currently two subspecies are accepted: S. volubile subsp. volubile and S. volubile subsp. khasianum, with the latter being a stronger climber covered

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Streptolirion volubile

speciesStreptolirion volubile

Streptolirion angustifolium

speciesStreptolirion angustifolium

Streptolirion khasianum

speciesStreptolirion khasianum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 576794.