Liriope (Monkey Grass)

The JLBG collection includes about 9 species (including subspecies and varieties), 6 unknown and at least 1 new species; 114 clones

Liriope have been a taxonomic mess for quite a while. One of our goals has been to work with other researchers to sort out the taxonomy. In 2014, we worked with Dr. Jason Lattier and Dr. Tom Ranney on a research paper to sort out some of the cultivars and their asssigned species.

https://mcilab.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/lattier-etal-2014.pdf?fwd=no

In 2015, we collaborated with Dr. Paul Fantz and Dr. Jason Lattier on yet another paper on Liriope taxonomy and identification.

https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/50/7/article-p957.xml

In 2019, we collaborated with Dr. Aaron Floden to publish Liriope vernalis, a new species from our collection, originally collected in China by plantsman Darrell Probst. https://www.phytoneuron.net/2019Phytoneuron/62PhytoN-Liriopevernalis.pdf

JLBG most likely houses the world's most extensive liriope collection. We hope to have several more new liriope species from the garden published as time permits.