n.
Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Crinum, native to warm regions and having strap-shaped leaves and showy umbels of variously colored flowers. Also called spider lily.
[New Latin Crinum, genus name, from Greek krinon, lily.]
crinum
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Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Crinum, native to warm regions and having strap-shaped leaves and showy umbels of variously colored flowers. Also called spider lily.
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A genus of cultivated ornamental plants of the family Liliaceae (Amaryllidaceae), some of which are known to cause collapse and death in sheep and goats. Called also spider lily.
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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 along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, including South Africa.
Several species are used in aquariums.
Crinum leaves are basal, typically long and strap-shaped, with colors ranging from light green to green.
Species
- This list is incomplete.
- Crinum abyssinicum
- Crinum acaule
- Crinum amabile
- Crinum americanum (Southern Swamplily, Seven Sisters)
- Crinum amoenum
- Crinum angustifolium
- Crinum asiaticum (Poisonbulb)
- Crinum augustum
- Crinum baumii Harms
- Crinum bulbispermum (Hardy Swamplily)
- Crinum buphanoides Welw. ex Baker
- Crinum calamistratum
- Crinum campanulatum
- Crinum carolo-schmidtii
- Crinum crassicaule Baker
- Crinum defixum
- Crinum delagoense
- Crinum erubescens
- Crinum fimbriatulum
- Crinum firmifolium
- Crinum flaccidum Herb.
- Crinum graminicola
- Crinum jagus
- Crinum latifolium
- Crinum lineare
- Crinum lugardiae
- Crinum macowanii Baker
- Crinum mauritianum
- Crinum minimum Milne-Redh.
- Crinum moorei (Natal Lily, Moore's Crinum)
- Crinum natans
- Crinum oliganthum
- Crinum ornatum
- Crinum pacificum
- Crinum pedunculatum (Swamplily, River Lily or Spider Lily)
- Crinum × powellii Baker (probably a hybrid of C. bulbispermum and C. moorei)
- Crinum procerum (Splendens)
- Crinum purpurascens
- Crinum subcernuum
- Crinum variabile
- Crinum yemense
- Crinum thaianum (Onion plant)
- Crinum xanthophyllum (Golden Spider Lily)
- Crinum zeylanicum L.
Gallery
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 Crinum moorei at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco |
 Crinum species in Hyderabad, India. |
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