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Crinum bulbispermum

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Type of Crinum longifolium Thunb. var. farinianum Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Type of Crinum longifolium Thunb. var. farinianum Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Crinum bulbispermum (Burm.f.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick.
Crinum bulbispermum (Burm.f.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick.
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Identification
Crinum bulbispermum (Burm.f.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Crinum bulbispermum

Flora

Entry for Crinum bulbispermum (Burman f.) Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Crinum bulbispermum (Burman f.) Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], J. Linn. Soc., Bot., 52: 161. 1939
Amaryllis bulbisperma Burman f. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Fl. Indica, 9. 1768
Treatment Author(s)
Walter C. Holmes
Information
Bulbs 8–10 × 6–8 cm. Leaves 5–8 dm × 3–5 cm; blade lorate. Scape 4–7.5 dm. Umbels 8–13-flowered. Flowers: perianth pink to red, funnelform, tube narrow, 5–10 cm, limb lobes lanceolate-linear, lanceolate-elliptic, or lanceolate-ovate, 6–11 × 1–1.7 cm; pedicel (2–)4–6 cm. Capsules not seen at maturity, beak very short to absent.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
0–200 m;
Distribution
S. Africa.USA Fla.USA La.USA N.C.USA Tex.
Discussion
Crinum bulbispermum is apparently the nonnative species of Crinum that is most commonly cultivated outdoors. The name C. longifolium (Linnaeus) Thunberg was long misapplied to this species.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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