Re-emergence of Lilium callosum Sieb. et Zucc. in Taiwan after a fire allows propagation and renews the possibility of conservation

Botanical Studies

Table 3 Component of bulb scales among five Lilium species

Species	Scale content (%)
Species	Water content	Water extractable matter	Alcohol soluble matter
Lilium formosana	77.9^a	37.4	21.2
L. speciosum var. gloriosoides	79.6^a	26.5	31.4
L. callosum	66.5	46.8	8.1
L. longiflorum	79.3	10.5	39.6
Edible lily scales 1	–^b	43.3	26.4
Edible lily scales 2	–^b	44.9	30.2
Medicinal lily scales	–^b	17.1	9.2