Bush hook lily
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Bush hook lily ( Crinum moorei ) |
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The bush-hook lily ( Crinum moorei ) is a species of the genus hook lilies ( Crinum ) in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
The bush-hook lily is an evergreen, perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 45 to 90 centimeters. As a persistence organ, it forms an onion that has a diameter of 15 to 20 centimeters. The simple, flat, green, whole-edged leaves are 65 to 150 centimeters long and 6 to 10 centimeters wide, often wavy on the edge and have a thickened center line.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from July to August. There are 5 to 10 flowers together in a golden inflorescence . The flower stalks are 1 to 8 inches long. The fragrant, hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The perigone tube is 8 to 10 centimeters long, wide, curved and tinted white, green or red. The free areas of the six expanded bracts are 8 to 10 centimeters long and 2 to 4 centimeters and are colored white (variety 'Album') to deep pink (variety 'Roseum').
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20-22.
Occurrence
Crinum moorei occurs in South Africa only in the Eastern Cape and in KwaZulu-Natal . It thrives in river and stream bank swamps.
Systematics
The first description of Crinum moorei was in 1874 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in Botanical Magazine , plate 6113. The specific epithet moorei honors the British botanist David Moore (1808–1879).
Crinum moorei and Amaryllis belladonna form the hybrid × Amacrinum memoria-corsii (Ragion) HEMoore.
use
The bush-hooked lily is rarely used as an ornamental plant. It has been in culture since 1874 at the latest .
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Crinum moorei at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Crinum moorei at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed September 19, 2016.
