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Crinum latifolium

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Name

Identification
Amaryllis alba Forssk. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Crinum album (Forssk.) Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1990 Crinum latifolium Forsk. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Pancratium maximum Forsk. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Crinum abyssinicum Hochst [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Crinum esquiroli
  • Crinum asiaticum
  • Crinum album
  • Pancratium maximum
  • Crinum abyssinicum
  • Amaryllis alba
  • Crinum latifolium
  • Amaryllis latifolia

Flora

Entry for Crinum zeylanicum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus [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 zeylanicum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Syst. Nat. ed., 12, 2: 236. 1767
Amaryllis zeylanica Linnaeus [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 293. 1753
Crinum latifolium Linnaeus var. zeylanicum (Linnaeus) Hooker f. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Walter C. Holmes
Information
Bulbs 12–15 cm diam., neck short. Leaves several, 5–10 dm × 3–5 cm; blade lorate. Scape to 7.5 dm or more. Umbels 8–12-flowered. Flowers sessile; perianth white with broad purplish-red keels (most pronounced adaxially), funnelform, tube 7.5–15 cm, limb lobes oblong-elliptic, 7.5–18 × 1–2 cm. Capsules not seen at maturity, globose, beak 8–10 cm. Seeds warty.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
0–200 m;
Distribution
tropical Asia.USA Fla.USA La.
Discussion
Crinum zeylanicum is extensively cultivated outdoors in the lower Gulf coastal plain.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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