Mary Allen
ʻO nā lilia nā pua i hele mai i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā kala. Hoʻokaʻawale ka poʻe biologists ma waena o 100 mau ʻano lilia. ʻO ka lilia kahi mea kanu hoʻonaninani kaulana. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma nā ʻaʻahu he nui, me nā kūlanakauhale o Darmstadt a me Florence.
Ma mua, hele mai nā lilia mai nā mauna Himalayan ma Asia. I kēia lā hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma kahi kokoke i nā wahi āpau o ka ʻāpana ʻĀkau kahi o ka ea. ʻAʻole loaʻa lākou ma ka ʻaoʻao hema. ʻO kekahi mau ʻano he endemic, ʻo ia hoʻi, aia wale lākou ma kekahi wahi. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana, ua mahi ʻia nā lilia e nā kānaka i ka nui a kūʻai ʻia e like me nā pua ʻokiʻoki.
Ke ulu nei nā lilia e like me nā tulip mai kahi ʻōpala i ka lepo. Hiki kēia i ka ʻumikūmālua kenimika ka lōʻihi a hiki i ka 19 kenimika ka laulā. Loaʻa ka lilia i kāna mau meaʻai mai ka lepo ma o nā aʻa ma ka ʻōpala. Mohala nā lilia ma ʻaneʻi mai Mei a ʻAukake. Ma waho aʻe o ko lākou nani, ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou ʻala maikaʻi, i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea ʻala he nui.