Natural triploid L ilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii populations in K orea

To clarify the ploidy and distribution of L ilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii populations in K orea, we inspected several mountains and northern valleys and almost all of the sea coast of S outh K orea. We found nine diploid populations and 19 triploid populations. Many large and small populations were distributed around northern C hungcheongbook‐do and G yunggi‐do and all over K angwon‐do. The diploid plants were smaller than the triploid plants in almost all of their morphological characteristics. This is the second report of natural polyploid complexes of diploids and triploids in the genus L ilium .