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'''''Lycoris''''' is a [[genus]] of 13–20 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Amaryllidaceae]], formerly often treated in the family [[Liliaceae]]. They are native to eastern and southern [[Asia]] in [[Japan]], southern [[Korea]], eastern and southern [[China]], northern [[Vietnam]], northern [[Laos]], northern [[Thailand]], northern [[Burma]], [[Nepal]], northern [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], and eastern [[Iran]]. In English they are also called hurricane lilies or cluster amaryllis. The genus shares the English name [[spider lily]] with two other related genera. <ref name=lycoris>What is the Genus ''Lycoris''?: [http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~lycoris/taxonomy-3.html Taxonomy]</ref><ref name=foc>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119162 ''Lycoris'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7059 ''Lycoris'']</ref>
'''''Lycoris''''' is a [[genus]] of 13–20 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Amaryllidaceae]], formerly often treated in the family [[Liliaceae]]. They are native to eastern and southern [[Asia]] in [[Japan]], southern [[Korea]], eastern and southern [[China]], northern [[Vietnam]], northern [[Laos]], northern [[Thailand]], northern [[Burma]], [[Nepal]], northern [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], and eastern [[Iran]]. In English they are also called hurricane lilies or cluster amaryllis. The genus shares the English name [[spider lily]] with two other related genera. <ref name=lycoris>What is the Genus ''Lycoris''?: [http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~lycoris/taxonomy-3.html Taxonomy]</ref><ref name=foc>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119162 ''Lycoris'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7059 ''Lycoris'']</ref>
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[[Image:Kitsunenokamisori 06c6701svp.jpg|thumb|''Lycoris sanguinea'', a species with short stamens]]
[[Image:TYOU&HIGANBANA.JPG|thumbnail|230px|[[Lycoris]] and butterfly]]
Lycoris (named probably after a nereid in Greek mythology). Amaryllidaceae. Attractive amaryllislike bulbous plants from China and Japan.
Lycoris (named probably after a nereid in Greek mythology). Amaryllidaceae. Attractive amaryllislike bulbous plants from China and Japan.
