Image Scientific Name Year Mycorrhizal association Distribution
C. addaiensis Henn. 1898 Tanzania
C. afrocibarius Buyck & Hofsetter 2012 Tanzania, Congo[1]
C. albidolutescens Buyck, Eyssart. & V. Hofst. 2014 Madagascar
C. ambohitantelyensis Buyck & V. Hofst. 2014 Madagascar
C. altipes Buyck & V.Hofst. 2011 southeastern United States[2]
C. amazonensis Wartchow 2012 Coccoloba uvifera Brazil
C. amethysteus (Quél.) Sacc. 1887 oaks, beeches or birches Europe
C. anzutake W. Ogawa, N. Endo, M. Fukuda & A. Yamada 2017 Pinus densiflora, Carpinus laxiflora, Quercus mongolica Japan, Korea
C. appalachiensis R.H. Petersen 1971 hardwoods eastern North America, China[3]
C. atrolilacinus Eyssart., Buyck & Halling 2003 Quercus corrugata Costa Rica
C. aurantioconspicuus Wartchow & Buyck 2012 Brazil[4]
C. avellaneus Pat. 1924 Madagascar
C. californicus Arora & Dunham - the oak chanterelle 2008 Quercus agrifolia, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus wislizeni, Arbutus menziesii California
C. cascadensis Dunham, O'Dell & R. Molina 2003 Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla the Pacific Northwest of North America
120px C. cibarioides Africa[5]
C. cibarius Fr. golden chanterelle 1821 Europe
C. chicagoensis Leacock, J. Riddell, Rui Zhang & G.M. Muell. 2016 Quercus alba, Quercus rubra Chicago, United States
C. cinereus (Pers.) Fr. - the ashen chanterelle 1821 Conifers Europe
C. cinnabarinus (Schwein.) Schwein. red chantrelle 1832 hardwood eastern North America
C. coccolobae Buyck, P.A. Moreau & Courtec., 2016 Coccoloba the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and Florida
C. concinnus Berk. 1878 Casuarina, Eucalyptus the Australian chanterelle
C. confluens (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) R.H. Petersen 1980 southern Appalachians, southeastern United States, and Mexico
C. congolensis Beeli 1928 Tanzania[6]
120px C. eccentricus New Caledonia[5]
120px C. densifolius [6]
C. elegans (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) R.H. Petersen 1980
C. flavus M.J. Foltz & T.J.Volk 2013 midwestern and southern United States[7]
120px C. floridulus [6]
C. formosus Corner 1966 California and the Pacific Northwest of North America
C. friesii Quél. the orange chanterelle 1872 Asia and Europe
120px C. garnierii [6]
120px C. gracilis Africa
C. guyanensis Mont. 1854 French Guyana
C. heinemannianus Eyssart. & Buyck 1998 Zambia
120px C. humidicolus Africa
C. ignicolor Adans. ex Fr. 1821 oaks, beech, and birches Illinois and Michigan.
120px C. incrassatus Malaysia[5]
120px C. isabellinus [6]
C. lateritius (Berk.) Singer - the smooth chanterelle 1951 hardwood North America(Michigan to New England.), Africa, Malaysia, and the Himalayas (Uttar Pradesh)
C. lewisii Buyck & V. Hofst. 2011 hardwoods southeastern United States[2]
120px C. luteopunctatus Africa
C. minor Peck 1872 Vateria indica, Diospyros malabarica, Hopea parviflora, and Myristica Eastern North America, India
120px C. miomboensis Africa
120px C. neocaledonicus New Caledonia[5]
C. pallens Pilát 1959 Europe
C. parvoflavus Bandala, Montoya & M. Herrera 2021 Quercus oleoides Mexico (Veracruz)
120px C. persicinus - the peach chanterelle
120px C. phasmatis - the ghost chanterelle midwestern United States[7]
120px C. pleurotoides Guyana[8]
120px C. pseudocibarius [6]
120px C. pseudoformosus found with deodar cedar in India[9]
120px C. protectus South America
C. quercophilus Buyck, D.P. Lewis, Eyssart. & V. Hofstetter 2010 Quercus stellata southeastern United States[10]
120px C. rhodophyllus [6]
120px C. roseocanus
120px C. ruber [6]
120px C. spectaculus - the spectacular chanterelle, midwestern United States[7]
C. subalbidus A.H.Sm. & Morse 1947 Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Arbutus menziesii western North America
120px C. sublaevis Africa[5]
C. subpruinosus Eyssart. & Buyck 2000 Europe
C. tabernensis Feib. & Cibula 1996 Quercus oleoides, Quercus sapotifolia, southeastern United States[11] and Mexico[12]
120px C. tanzanicus Africa
C. tenuithrix Buyck & V. Hofstetter 2011 Quercus alba southeastern United States[2]
C. texensis Buyck & V. Hofstetter 2011 southeastern United States[13]
120px C. tomentosus [6]
120px C. vaginatus China[3]
C. veraecrucis Bandala, Montoya & M. Herrera 2021 Quercus oleoides Mexico (Veracruz)
C. violaceovinosus M. Herrera, Bandala & Montoya 2018 Quercus oleoides, Quercus glaucescens, Quercus sapotifolia Mexico (Veracruz)[14]
120px C. zangii China[15]








Subgenus Sub section Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Martagon Lilium debile Kittlitz 1828 Russian Far East (Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands).
Lilium distichum Nakai, 1917 northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Korea, and eastern Russia (Primorye, Amur Krai, Khabarovsk).
Lilium hansonii Leichtlin ex D.D.T.Moore 1871 Hanson's lily and Japanese turk's-cap lily northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Korea, and eastern Russia (Primorye, Amur Krai, Khabarovsk).
Lilium martagon L. (1753) Martagon or Turk's cap lily Portugal east through Europe and Asia as far east as Mongolia
Lilium medeoloides A. Gray 1858(9) Zhejiang Province in China, Jeju-do in Korea, and eastern Russia (Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin)
Lilium tsingtauense Gilg 1954 Twilight Lily Korea and eastern China (Anhui + Shandong Provinces).
Pseudolirium 2A Lilium bolanderi S. Wats 1885 Bolander's lily northwestern California (Del Norte, Humboldt, & Siskiyou Counties) and southwestern Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties).
Lilium columbianum Leichtlin 1871 not Hanson 1874 Columbia lily, Columbia tiger lily southern British Columbia in Canada south to northern California and east to Montana .
Lilium humboldtii Roezl & Leichtlin, 1871 Humboldt's lily California and the Mexican state of Baja California.
Lilium kelloggii Purdy 1901 Kellogg's lily the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon
Lilium rubescens S.Watson 1879 redwood lily and chaparral lily northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, where it is known from the Coast Ranges from Lane County to Santa Cruz Counties
Lilium washingtonianum Kellogg 1859 Washington lily, Shasta lily, or Mt. Hood lily. California and Oregon.
2B Lilium kelleyanum Lemmon (1903) Kelley's lily California wetlands in the Sierra Nevada as well as in the Coast Ranges and southern Cascades
Lilium maritimum Kellogg coast lily California, North Coast from Marin County to Del Norte County, and is most common in Mendocino County.
Lilium occidentale Purdy western lily northwestern California and southwestern Oregon
Lilium pardalinum Kellogg leopard lily or panther lily Oregon, California, and Baja California.
Lilium parryi S.Watson (1878) lemon lily southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
Lilium parvum Kellogg 1862 Sierra tiger lily and alpine lily California, northwestern Nevada and southwestern Oregon
2C Lilium canadense L. 1753 Canada lily, wild yellow-lily, or the meadow lily eastern North America from Ontario to Nova Scotia south to Georgia and Alabama.
Lilium grayi S.Watson 1879 Gray's lily, Orange bell lily, Roan lily eastern US states of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee
Lilium iridollae M.G.Henry US states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia.
Lilium michiganense Farw. (1915) Michigan lily Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley regions of the United States and Canada, from South Dakota through Ontario to New York, south to Georgia and Oklahoma.
Lilium michauxii Poir. 1814 Carolina lily southeastern United States from southern Virginia in the north to the Florida Panhandle in the south to eastern Texas in the west.
Lilium superbum L. 1753 Turk's cap lily, turban lily, swamp lily, lily royal, or American tiger lily United States from southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York, west to Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, and south to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
Lilium pyrophilum M.W.Skinner & Sorrie sandhills lily southern Virginia, North Carolina and northern South Carolina, in the eastern United States.
2D Lilium catesbaei Walter 1788 Catesby's lily, pine lily, leopard lily, tiger lily, or southern-red lily Florida and the coastal regions of the American Southeast, from Louisiana to Virginia
Lilium philadelphicum L. 1762 wood lily, Philadelphia lily, prairie lily, or western red lily Canada from British Columbia to Quebec, and parts of the United States (Northeast and Great Lakes regions plus the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains)
Liriotypus 3A Lilium candidum L. 1753 Madonna lily Balkans and Middle East
3B Lilium albanicum August Grisebach, 1846 Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia
Lilium armenum (Miscz. ex Grossh.) Manden. 1941 Turkey, South Caucasus
Lilium bosniacum (Beck) Fritsch 1909 Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lilium chalcedonicum L. 1753 Tuscany, Greece and Albania.
Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch 1837 golden apple or Carniolan lily the Balkans, as well as to Austria and northeastern Italy (Veneto + Friuli Venezia Giulia).
Lilium ciliatum P.H. Davis 1968 Turkey
Lilium jankae A.Kern. 1877 Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia
Lilium pomponium L. 1753 turban lily France, Spain, and Italy
Lilium ponticum C. Koch Turkey, Caucasus
Lilium pyrenaicum Gouan 1773 Pyrenean Lily, Yellow Turk's-cap Lily, Yellow Martagon Lily the Pyrenees, from Spain and eastwards, with the range extending into the Caucasus
3C Lilium akkusianum Gämperle 1998 Turkey
Lilium kesselringianum Miscz. 1914 North and South Caucasus as well as northern Turkey.
Lilium monadelphum M. Bieb. 1808 Crimea and to North and South Caucasus
Lilium rhodopeum Delip., (1952) Bulgaria and Greece,
Lilium szovitsianum Fisch. & Avé-Lall. 1839 Polish Lily Turkey, Caucasus
Lilium polyphyllum D. Don 1840 from Afghanistan to Nepal
Lilium ledebourii (Baker) Boiss. 1882 the Talish region of Azerbaijan, and Damasch in the Amarlu region of Iran
3D Lilium bulbiferum L. 1753 orange lily, fire lily and tiger lily Europe from Spain to Finland and Ukraine.
Archelirion 4A Lilium speciosum Thunb. 1792 Japanese lily southern Japan, Taiwan and southern China
4B Lilium auratum Lindl., 1867. Golden rayed lily of Japan, or Goldband lily Japan
4C Lilium japonicum Thunb. ex Houtt. 1780 Japan
4D Lilium brownii F.E.Br. ex Miellez 1904 China, Kinmen and Matsu Islands, northern and central Vietnam, and Kachin of Myanmar.
Lilium rubellum Baker 1898 Honshu, Japan
Leucolirion 6A
Lilium leucanthum (Baker) Baker 1901 China (S Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan)
Lilium regale E.H.Wilson 1903 regal lily, royal lily, king's lily China (Yunnan, Sichuan)
Lilium sargentiae E. H. Wilson 1912 China(Sichuan, Yunnan)
Lilium sulphureum Baker ex J. D. Hooker 1892 China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar
Lilium wenshanense L. J. Peng & F. X. Li 1990 China (Yunnan)
6B Lilium anhuiense D. C. Zhang & J. Z. Shao 1991 China (S Anhui)
Lilium formosanum Wallace Formosa lily or Taiwanese lily Taiwan
Lilium longiflorum Thunb. Easter lily Taiwan
Lilium philippinense Baker Benguet lily or Philippine lily Taiwan and northern Philippines
Lilium wallichianum Schult.f. India, as well as Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar.
Daurolirion 7A Lilium maculatum Thunb. Japan.
Lilium pensylvanicum Ker Gawl. Siberian lily Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northeast China, Korea and Hokkaidō.


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