- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Genus:
- Crinum L.
Crinum carolo-schmidtii Dinter
[FZ]
Flora Zambesiaca Amaryllidaceae by C. Zimudzi, R.H. Archer, E.G. Kwembeya & I. Nordal
- Vegetative Multiplication Bulbs
- Bulb to 6 cm wide, usually narrowed into a neck.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves in rosette, narrowly linear, up to 75 × 0.8–1 cm, flaccid, arching, margin with minute teeth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
- Scape erect, up to 40 cm long; spathe valves erect up to 8.5 cm long, broad at the base, narrowing towards apex, becoming papery and reflexing at least in upper half.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers subsessile, 1–2(3), white, sometimes tinged pink; pedicels 0–0.5 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth tube 9–12 cm long; segments connivent into a wide funnel 7–10 cm long, outer segments c.1.6 cm, inner c.2.5 cm wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens declinate; filaments reddish, up to 6 cm long; anthers yellow, curved, 0.8–1.3 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits not beaked, pale green and smooth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds smooth, with a greyish water-repellent outer layer, floating in water.
- Distribution
- In seasonally inundated areas on floodplains of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers.
- Conservation
- Conservation notes: Apparently endemic to the Okavango/Caprivi wetland area; possibly Lower Risk near threatened. Considered to be Least Concern in Namibia (Loots 2005).
Native to:
Botswana, Caprivi Strip
Crinum carolo-schmidtii Dinter appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Neue Pfl. Südw.-Afr.: 26 (1914)
Accepted by
- 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.
- Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Neue Pfl. Südw.-Afr.: 26 (1914).
- ―Sölch & Roessler in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afr., fam.150: 7 (1969).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.
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