Amaryllidaceae
Crinum

Crinum bulbispermum (Burm.f.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 161 (1939)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Introduced into:

Alabama, Cuba, Florida, Honduras, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, North Carolina, Texas, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D. & al. (eds.) (2001). Flora de Nicaragua 2: 945-1910. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the Flora of Niue: 1-321. Botany Division, Sept. of Sci. and Industrial Research, Christchurch.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa K002851896 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852106 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2525] Botswana K002851905 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [4054] South Africa K002851886 Yes
[H. R. Haggara] [s.n.] K002852110 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [1771] South Africa K002851891 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [4860] South Africa K002851889 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4773] South Africa K002851879 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [2341] South Africa K002851876 Yes
Dyer, R.A.; Verdoorn, I.C. [5826] South Africa K002851882 Yes
Knobel, W. [s.n.] South Africa K002851894 Yes
Wells, M.J. [3964] South Africa K002851898 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [739] South Africa K002851901 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852103 Yes
K:SPC-18889.000 No
Dyer, R.A.; Verdoorn, I.C. [5826] South Africa K002851883 Yes
C.G. [2525] Botswana K002851890 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852104 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4773] South Africa K002851878 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [1771] South Africa K002851892 No
Palack [551/29] South Africa K002851902 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852108 Yes
Drège, J.F. [4519 b] South Africa K002851906 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [4057] South Africa K002851888 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002851895 Yes
K:SPC-18891.000 No
Reynolds, G.W. [4056] South Africa K002851887 Yes
Drège, J.F. [4519 a] South Africa K002851900 Yes
Farini [s.n.] South Africa K000365415 Type Yes
Farini [s.n.] South Africa K000365416 Type Yes
Codd, L.E. [4773] South Africa K002851880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852102 Yes
s.coll. [2662] South Africa K002851903 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852107 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852105 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1229] South Africa K002851885 Yes
Van der Plank, J.E. [s.n.] South Africa K002851875 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002852111 Yes
Wells, M.J. [3964] South Africa K002851899 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [s.n.] K002852101 Yes
[H. H. Haggard] [s.n.] K002852109 Yes
Sidey, J.L. [2046] South Africa K002851881 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [2340] South Africa K002851874 Yes
Drège, J.F. [2653] South Africa K002851904 Yes
Sidey, J.L. [s.n.] South Africa K002851884 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [4051] South Africa K002851877 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0