“…The basic chromosome complement (x=12) in this species consists of two metacentric and ten subtelocentric chromosomes. Some authors (Takenaka 1933;Mather 1935;Chandler et al 1937;Sato 1937;Westfall 1940) suggested that Lilium lancifolium is an autotriploid on the ground of observation of high frequency of trivalent chromosomes in meiotic pairing.…”