Amaryllidaceae

Crinum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 292 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Plants large
Morphology Leaves
Leaves in rosette, strap-shaped or lanceolate, with or without a thickened midrib
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of 1–10 flowers subtended by 2 free involucral bracts
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers sessile or on relatively short pedicels; tube up to 12 cm long, narrowly cylindrical, curved; segments white, with or without a reddish to pinkish dorsal streak, or with pinkish flush, narrowly to broadly lanceolate, connivent to a bell or a funnel
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments white or tinged pink, filiform and curved downwards; anthers light brown to grey or black, 5–10 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits capsules with ± fleshy pericarp, bursting irregularly or indehiscent, with several large greyish or greenish subglobose to irregularly compressed seeds, 5–10 mm in diam., sometimes germinating in the fruit.
Distribution
Some 110 species, pantropical with about 50 species in Africa.
[FSOM]

Amaryllidaceae, Inger Nordal (University of Oslo). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers regular to slightly irregular, often white with red keel, sometimes pure white or pink, hypocrateriform or infundibuliform, with a long narrow cylindrical tube always longer than 6 cm. in East Africa
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments filiform
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary oblong, with many ovules per locule; integuments lacking; style long (up to 20 cm.), with undivided stigma
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a large many-seeded capsule, with fleshy or membranous wall, indehiscent or bursting irregularly
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds globose, somewhat flattened or irregularly shaped, greenish or greyish, glabrous or occasionally papillose, often germinating in the fruit.
Morphology General Habit
Bulbous plants with leaves in a basal rosette or rarely distichously arranged, never biflabellate, lacking a false stem (in East Africa)
Morphology Leaves
Leaves strap-shaped, lanceolate or linear, with or without a thickened midrib
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
Scape lateral, solid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence with 1–25 large flowers, subtended by 2 free bracts
[FTEA]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Plants arising from bulbs that are narrowed at the apex into a short or long neck; leaves narrowly or broadly strap-shaped with entire, toothed or wavy margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers rather large, white or striped pink, in an umbellate cluster at the apex of a solid leafless scape; pedicels short or none
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth with subequal lobes broadly spreading or connivent- funnel-shaped, from a long, slender tube; stamens inserted in the throat of the perianth tube, the filaments long and filiform, the anthers linear; ovary 3-celled with few (sometimes only 2) ovules in each cell; style long and filiform with a minute capitate stigma
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule irregular in shape, tardily dehiscent; seeds large, green and bulb-like, with very thick endosperm.
Distribution
An imperfectly known genus of about 100 species, at least a few occurring in nearly all warm countries. Three species are known to occur in the Cayman Islands.
[Cayman]

Uses

Use
Both native and exotic species are grown as ornamentals.
[FSOM]

Use
Introduced for their fragrant, ornamental flowers, and all tend to persist or become naturalized.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • 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 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/