An enormous water lily in London’s Royal Botanic Gardens has been discovered to belong to an entirely new species, after 177 years in the gardens’ herbarium. Victoria boliviana is the world’s biggest ...

Scientists have found that a giant waterlily among the collection at Kew’s Botanic Gardens for 177 years is a new species, and “one of the botanical wonders of the world”. The giant waterlily from the ...

An international team of scientists has shown that two species of giant water lily are actually three, and that the newly discovered species, at 10.5 feet across, is the largest of the bunch.

From Clemson’s Home and Garden Information Center, “There are about 80 species and several hundred cultivars of lilies (Lilium species) ranging in height from 2 to 8 feet. Lilies make great cut ...

Carbohydrate metabolism plays a critical role in the growth and reproductive strategies of Lilium species. Central to this process is the conversion of sucrose into starch, mediated by enzymes such as ...