Amaryllidaceae
Crinum

Crinum glaucum A.Chev.

First published in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 212 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1988). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 9: 1-522. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nordal, I. (1982). Amaryllidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-30.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 636.
  • in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 2, 8: 212 (1910)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1988). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 9: 1-522. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Chev. in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 212 (1912).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 136 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Lane-Poole, C.E. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000365462 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Lane-Poole, C.E. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000365463 Type Yes
Eggeling [E. 3544] Uganda K002851398 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [3544] Uganda K002851399 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [511] Togo K002851021 Yes
Hall, J.B. [VBS 1275] Ghana K002851015 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [511] Togo K002851020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K002850534 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Polunin, N. [FHI 37831] Nigeria K002851017 Yes
Thornewill, A.S. [166] Nigeria K002851014 Yes
Chevalier, A. [23581] Benin K000365461 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barker [1503] Niger K002851018 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [946] Sudan K002851251 Yes
Broun, A.F. [950] Sudan K002851252 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [511] Togo K002851022 Yes
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Ghana K002851019 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Polunin, N. [FHI 37831] Nigeria K002851016 Yes
Broun, A.F. [95] Sudan K002851250 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [511] Togo K002851023 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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 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