Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae,a traditional valuable Chinese medicinal material in China,has high medicinal value and health care efficacy,showing great development potential and broad market prospects.This study aims to analyze the resource distribution,biological characteristics,quality-related ecological characteristics,introduction and cultivation,and identification of the medicinal,and compile the taxa key of the original plants of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and the key for the identification of the commercial adulterants,which is expected to provide a reference the resource investigation,conservation and cultivation,quality control and evaluation,and adulterant identification of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae.This study also provides information for utilization of germplasm resources,large-scale introduction and cultivation,wild resource conservation,protection of endangered species,development of new resources,and selection and breeding of new varieties of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae.In the future,efforts should be made to further strengthen the research and protection of the biological characteristics of wild germplasm resources of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and the intensive and systematic research on the variety breeding and production technology of this medicinal,and thus promote the development of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae.