Crinum

Crinum
Crinum augustum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Amaryllideae
Subtribe: Crininae
Genus: Crinum
L.[1]
Type species
Crinum americanum
Species

About 180 species, see text.

Crinum is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found in seasonally moist areas, including marshes, swamps, depressions and along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.

Crinum leaves are basal, typically long and strap-shaped, with colors ranging from light green to green.

Several species are used in aquariums.

Cytological studies have shown some 27 species of Crinum to be diploid with a normal chromosome count of 2n = 22. Abilio Fernandes found that the Orange River Crinum bulbispermum had a count of 2n = 66, and some desert Crinum macowanii 2n = 44. These polyploid species produce seeds that are often parthenogenetic triploid or diploids, lack vigour and seldom grow to mature plants.[2]

In Hawaiʻi Crinum augustum (or Crinum amabile var augustum) is known as the Queen Emma Lily.[3]

Taxonomy

As of July 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families lists 105 species of Crinum.[4] Amongst these are:

Formerly placed here

Hybrids

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Crinum L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.crinum.org/review.html
  3. ↑ Crinum augustum (National Tropical Botanical Garden)
  4. ↑ "Search for Crinum", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2014-07-07
  5. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Crinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  6. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Crinum × powellii". Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Crinum × powellii 'Album'". Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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