1189.000 Crinum L. - Vlei-lilies

Bjorå, C.S., Kwembeya, E.G., & Nordal, I. (2006) Crinum jasonii (Amaryllidaceae): a new endemic pan species of the Luangwa Valley in Zambia with notes on different seed structures in the genus Kew Bulletin 61 569-577

Kwembeya, E.G., Bjorå, C.S., Stedje, B. & Nordal, I. (2007) Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Crinum (Amaryllidaceae) with emphasis on tropical African species: evidence from trnL-F and nuclear ITS DNA sequence data Taxon 56(3) 801-810

Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006) Synopsis of the Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 18(2) 151-168

Description of the genus

Bulbous herbs. Scape flattened, solid. Leaves many, present at flowering time; apex truncate; margin hyaline, ciliate. Inflorescence a 1-25-flowered umbel. Flowers zygomorphic, often because of the deflexed style only, pale to deep pink or white. Tepals connate into a tube. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds with a thin corky covering.

Derivation of name: Greek: lily

Worldwide: 100 species, pantropical.

Zimbabwe: 7 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Brithys crini (Lily leaf borer, Crinum borer) Larval foodplant
Diaphone eumela (Cherry spot) Larval foodplant
Crinum macowanii

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
buphanoides Welw. ex BakerN,W,SDescription, Image
crassicaule BakerN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
macowanii BakerN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
minimum Milne-Redh. N,EDescription, Image
paludosum I. Verd.C,EDescription, Image
stuhlmannii Baker subsp. delagoense (I. Verd.) Kwembeya & NordalN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
walteri OverkottN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crinum

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Crinum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=366, retrieved 19 March 2024

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