Amaryllidaceae
Crinum

Crinum jagus (J.Thomps.) Dandy

First published in J. Bot. 77: 64 (1939)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Peru, Seychelles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (1986). Flore du Gabon 28: 1-60. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoly, J., Ndjele, L. & Geerinck, D. (2008). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 24: 1-37.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Nordal, I. (1982). Amaryllidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-30.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 30: 623 (1950)
  • Morton, W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. fig. 25.
  • in J. Bot. 77: 64 (1939)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (1986). Flore du Gabon 28: 1-60. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dandy in Journal of Botany 77: 664 (1939).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 286 (1956).
  • Geerinck in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Amaryll.: 8 (1973).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 136 (1968).
  • Nordal in Norw. Journ. Bot. 24: 181 (1977).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 386 (1955).

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • 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.
  • 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/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1710] Cameroon K000050284 Yes
Apr 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7899] Cameroon K000050285 Yes
Apr 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2660] Cameroon K000050286 Yes
Mar 1, 2000 Satabie, B. [1110] Cameroon K000025766 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Goldie, N. [s.n.] Nigeria K000365459 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Goldie, N. [s.n.] Nigeria K000365460 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K000365458 Type Yes
[illegible] [8849] Cameroon K002851113 Yes
Jansen, J.W.A. [1420] Liberia K002851044 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2857] Ghana K002851055 Yes
Rosevear, D.R. [77/29] Nigeria K002851084 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Onochie, C.F. [16662] Nigeria K002851069 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2939] Ghana K002851056 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Onochie, C.F. [17173] Nigeria K002851066 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [855] Sierra Leone K002851037 Yes
Plumpton, E.D. [88] Ghana K002851059 Yes
Sanford, W. [5721] Nigeria K002851082 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [684] Sierra Leone K002851032 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [632] Ghana K002851065 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [20074] Cote d'Ivoire K002851053 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8989] Cameroon K002851114 Yes
Stubbings, H.G. [161] Nigeria K002851075 Yes
Ghogue, Njie, F., Chouaibou, K., Jacqueline, G.A., Delphine, W., Nelson, M.N., Ndoh, F.V., Toh, C., Foryoung, A.P. [1128] Cameroon K001480083 Yes
Jansen, J.W.A. [1420] Liberia K002851045 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [228] Sierra Leone K002851029 Yes
Pilz, G.E. [1941] Nigeria K002851092 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2857] Ghana K002851054 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [632] Ghana K002851064 Yes
Taylor, A.H. [FHI.44564] Nigeria K002851077 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Onochie, C.F. [17173] Nigeria K002851067 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002851030 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K002851043 Yes
Marmo, V. [222] Sierra Leone K002851039 Yes
Irvine [2050] Ghana K002851057 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8989] Cameroon K002851110 Yes
Cummins, H.A. [158] Ghana K002851063 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3579] Cote d'Ivoire K002851047 Yes
Burtt, B.L. [B6.] Nigeria K002851090 Yes
Head, D. (Lady) [2] Nigeria K002851074 Yes
Taylor, A.H. [44564] Nigeria K002851076 Yes
Soyaux, H. [359] Gabon K002851129 Yes
Tallot, P.A. [905] Nigeria K002851086 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8301] Ghana K002851062 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL4170] Sierra Leone K002851026 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [7350] Cote d'Ivoire K002851049 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [3054B] Guinea-Bissau K002851024 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [1098] Cote d'Ivoire K002851052 Yes
Harley, G.W. [s.n.] Liberia K002851042 Yes
Chapman, J.W.F. [45] Nigeria K002851072 Yes
Assi, A. [7350] Cote d'Ivoire K002851048 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2720] Nigeria K002851071 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [273] Nigeria K002851087 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Onochie, C.F. [F.H.I.16662] Nigeria K002851070 Yes
Hazel [722] Uganda K002851258 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8989] Cameroon K002851111 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1417] Nigeria K002851088 Yes
[Hort.] [s.n.] Ghana K002851060 Yes
[Nyer Erl. Barter] [1500] Nigeria K002851083 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1741] Cote d'Ivoire K002851051 Yes
Sanford, W. [5721] Nigeria K002851081 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1845] Nigeria K002851078 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1845] Nigeria K002851079 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [393] Sierra Leone K002851034 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL4170] Sierra Leone K002851027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K002851125 Yes
Teruya, Z. [2466] K002852135 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10648] Sierra Leone K002851036 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A.; Bohome, P.; Johansen, J.; Lehman, T. [11745] Equatorial Guinea K002851124 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [6040] Sierra Leone K002851038 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1770] Liberia K002851041 Yes
Small, D. [544] Sierra Leone K002851040 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1212] Sudan K002851253 Yes
[illegible] [9485] Cameroon K002851112 Yes
Mason [572] Kenya K002851259 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5607] K002851094 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [514] Sierra Leone K002851028 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8301] Ghana K002851061 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [804] Sierra Leone K002851033 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002851031 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3579] Cote d'Ivoire K002851046 Yes
[Nyer Erl. Barter] [3264] Nigeria K002851085 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2248] Sierra Leone K002851035 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002851025 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [s.n.] Nigeria K002851068 Yes
Moloney [s.n.] Nigeria K002851080 Yes
Williams, G.L. [s.n.] Nigeria K002851091 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1741] Cote d'Ivoire K002851050 Yes
Pilz, G.E. [1941] Nigeria K002851093 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [2050] Ghana K002851058 Yes
Burtt, B.L. [B.6] Nigeria K002851089 Yes
Quintar, F. [1398] K002851130 Yes
March (Mr.) [1209] Jamaica Crinum giganteum K002852137 Yes
Welwitsch [4020-4020b.] Angola Crinum giganteum K000365442 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K001097474 Unknown Type Material Yes
Quarre, P. [790] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851136 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [300] Angola Crinum giganteum K002851649 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852147 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [2890] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851121 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852144 Yes
Louis [13373] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851139 Yes
[Jean Vebruns] [8673] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851135 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852161 Yes
Clarke, T. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852146 Yes
Mildbraed [9485] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851116 Yes
s.coll. [111a] Crinum giganteum K002852152 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852163 Yes
Louis [1721] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851133 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852160 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852142 Yes
Letouzey, R. [9886] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851118 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852162 Yes
Tessmann, G. [2495] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851123 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [135] Angola Crinum giganteum K002851650 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852138 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3487] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851134 Yes
Louis [1721] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851132 Yes
Saxer [143] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851119 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852148 Yes
s.coll. [234-94] Crinum giganteum K002852139 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852143 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [s.n.] Singapore Crinum giganteum K002852141 Yes
{Malcolm} [s.n.] Somalia Crinum giganteum K002852151 Yes
Quarre, P. [790] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851137 Yes
Louis, J. [13373] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851138 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852149 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852145 Yes
Saxer, A. [143] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851120 Yes
Mildbraed [9485] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851115 Yes
Letouzey, R. [10066] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851117 Yes
s.coll. [7190 X] Jamaica Crinum giganteum K002852136 Yes
[Jean Youis] [1721] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum giganteum K002851131 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852150 Yes
Welwitsch [4021] Angola Crinum giganteum K000365441 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852140 Yes
Lowe, E.J. [3185] Cameroon Crinum giganteum K002851122 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum giganteum K002852159 Yes
Stove [s.n.] Crinum podophyllum K002852131 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum podophyllum K002852128 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum podophyllum K002852129 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Crinum podophyllum K002852130 Yes
Stove [s.n.] Crinum podophyllum K002852132 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Crinum vanillodorum K002852164 Yes

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