View source for Crinum ← Crinum You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Crinum |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 291. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 141. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=String-lily;swamp-lily |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Liliaceae;Crinum |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crinum]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek krinon, a lily |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 55, 279 |treatment_page=page 278 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, scapose, from bulbs with elongate columnar apices.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position;leaf width"><b>Leaves </b>basal, thick;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape">blade lorate or ensiform, not narrowed near base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="scape architecture"><b>Scape </b>solid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence architecture;bract quantity;bract size;bract shape;bract texture"><b>Inflorescences </b>umbellate, few to many-flowered, subtended by 2 large, lanceolate, scarious bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sessile or pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="perianth fusion;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth shape;tube course">perianth connate proximally, red to white, often striped, streaked, or overlaid with red abaxially, funnelform to salverform to semicampanulate, tube straight to curved, ca. same length as limb lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="">stamens inserted on perianth-tube throat;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament width;filament orientation">filaments thin, often declinate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary position;ovary shape">ovary inferior, globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="style size">style slender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit architecture or shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, globose or subglobose, usually prominently beaked.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed texture;testa pubescence or texture"><b>Seeds </b>fleshy, testa often corky.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and warm regions worldwide;mostly in Africa |discussion=<p>Species ca. 100 (4 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Flowers sessile or nearly so. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Flowers distinctly pedicellate. |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Perianth white. |[[Crinum americanum|Crinum americanum]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Perianth purplish red, particularly abaxially. |[[Crinum zeylanicum|Crinum zeylanicum]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Perianth pink to red; leaves 3–5 cm wide; umbels 8–13-flowered. |[[Crinum bulbispermum|Crinum bulbispermum]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Perianth white; leaves 7.5–12 cm wide; umbels 20–100-flowered. |[[Crinum asiaticum|Crinum asiaticum]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Crinum |author=Walter C. Holmes |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Liliaceae |illustrator=Kimberly J. Martin |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Tropical and warm regions worldwide;mostly in Africa |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_529.xml |genus=Crinum |apex shape=columnar;elongate |blade shape=not narrowed;ensiform;lorate |bract quantity=2 |bract shape=lanceolate |bract size=large |bract texture=scarious |filament orientation=declinate |filament width=thin |flower architecture=pedicellate;sessile |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit architecture or shape=beaked |fruit shape=subglobose;globose |inflorescence architecture=many-flowered;umbellate |inflorescence quantity=few |leaf position=basal |leaf width=thick |ovary position=inferior |ovary shape=globose |perianth coloration=streaked;striped;red;white |perianth fusion=connate |perianth shape=salverform;semicampanulate |scape architecture=solid |seed texture=fleshy |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |style size=slender |testa pubescence or texture=corky |tube course=straight;curved |whole_organism architecture=scapose |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Liliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Liliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Crinum.