Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
CRINUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 291. 1753.
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TYPE: Crinum americanum Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 5: 160. 1923.
Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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Crinum americanum | SEVEN-SISTERS; STRING-LILY | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
Crinum asiaticum | POISONBULB | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
Crinum bulbispermum | HARDY SWAMPLILY | Not Native | ||
Crinum campanulatum | WATER CRINUM | Not Native | ||
Crinum zeylanicum | MILK-AND-WINE LILY; CEYLON SWAMPLILY | Not Native FACU (NWPL) |
Identification Key
1. Perianth limb lobes linear to narrowly oblanceolate, overlapping only near the base
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1. Perianth limb lobes obovate to oblanceolate, overlapping with adjacent limbs for at least ⅓ of their length
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2. Leaf blades 2-4 cm wide; inflorescence of 2-7 flowers; perianth limb lobes white to occasionally partly pale pink (native and widespread in Florida)
2. Leaf blades 4-15 cm wide; inflorescence of 10-100 flowers
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3. Scape usually strongly purplish (at least distally) and often the scape bracts, pedicel, tube, and lower surface of strongly purplish
3. Scape, scape bracts, and pedicel usually green, and flower tube and lower surface of perianth limb lobes generally white to yellowish
4. Leaf blade 0.3-1.5 cm wide
4. Leaf blades 2-6 cm wide
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5. Perianth limb lobes white with pink or purplish color stripes
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5. Perianth limb lobes mostly uniformly white to pink, or with greenish or white stripes
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6. Flower (ovary) and fruit distinctly pedicellate; scape and tube usually green or greenish
6. Flower (ovary) and fruit sessile to subsessile; scape and tube usually strongly purplish,
7. Flower (ovary) and fruit distinctly pedicellate
7. Flower (ovary) and fruit sessile to subsessile
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8. Perianth limb lobes white, style white to greenish
8. Perianth limb lobes and style (at least distally) usually pink
Genus Synonyms
Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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Erigone | Erigone Salisbury, Gen. Pl. 115. 1866. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Liriamus | Liriamus Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 23. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Liriamus quinqueflorus Rafinesque, nom. illegit. Crinum arenarium Herbert) | |
Taenais | Taenais Salisbury, Gen. Pl. 115. 1866. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Tanghekolli | Tanghekolli Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 57, 609. 1763. | TYPE: = Crinum Linnaeus 1753. |