Crinum erubescens

Crinum erubescens
Crinum erubescens
Systematics
Monocots Order : Asparagales (Asparagales) Family : Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) Tribe : Amaryllideae Genre : Hook lilies ( Crinum ) Type : Crinum erubescens
Scientific name
Crinum erubescens
L. f. ex Aiton

Crinum erubescens is a species in the genus hook lilies ( Crinum ) within the family of Amaryllidaceae family (Amaryllidaceae). It iswidespreadin the Neotropics .

description

Long-stalked flowers with long stamens

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Vegetative characteristics

Crinum erubescens is a large, perennial, herbaceous plant . An egg-shaped bulb is formed as a perennial organ. The simple leaves are 1 to 2 meters long.

Generative characteristics

The strong inflorescence shafts are usually shorter than the leaves. The inflorescence contains four to twelve sessile flowers. The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six 15 to 25 centimeters long, white, reddish-brown and durable bracts stand together in the shape of a saucer. The six free stamens are at least 7 centimeters long and protrude far from the flower, are white at the base and reddish brown towards the end. The anthers are over 1 centimeter long.

The fleshy capsule fruits are irregularly round with a length of up to 7 centimeters.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22, rarely 70.

Dissemination and use

Crinum erubescens is widespread in the Neotropics from Mexico to tropical South America. There it is used as an ornamental plant.

Taxonomy

The first publication of Crinum erubescens was in 1789 by Carl von Linné the Younger in William Aiton : Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalog ... , Volume 1, p. 413. Synonyms for Crinum erubescens L. f. ex Aiton are: Crinum erubescens var. rubrilimbum Herb. nom. inval., Amaryllis procera Salisb. , Crinum revolutum Lindl. nom. illeg., Crinum attenuatum Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. , Crinum inodorum Tausch , Crinum commelinianum Herb. , Crinum commelyni Jacq. , Crinum dieterichii Schult. , Crinum cruentum Ker Gawl. , Crinum lindleyanum Herb. , Crinum loddigesianum Herb. , Crinum lancei Herb. ex Sweet , Crinum corantinum Herb. ex Steud. , Crinum crucibulum D. Dietr . , Crinum octoflorum Herb. ex Steud. , Crinum rubrilimbum Sweet ex Steud. , Crinum corantynum M. Roem . , Crinum erubescens var. Majus Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Minus Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Berbicense Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Viridifolium Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Braziliense Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Caraccense Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Corantinum Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Octoflorum Herb. , Crinum erubescens var. Mexicanum M. Roem. , Crinum gordonianum M. Roem . , Crinum guianense M. Roem. , Crinum lanceanum Willd. ex M. Roem. , Crinum lindleyanum Schult. f. ex Seub. , Crinum viridifolium M. Roem. , Crinum cruentum var. Albidum Kunth , Crinum pumilum Salisb. nom. superfl., Crinum soboliferum Salisb. nom. superfl., Crinum odoratissimum exchange .

literature

• Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An introductory Field Guide to the flowering plants of the Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia , Volume 78, 2001, p. 89, ISSN  0252-192X / ISBN 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT

Individual evidence

1. ^ Crinum erubescens at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Crinum erubescens - data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on September 19, 2016.
3. ^ Crinum erubescens at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed September 20, 2016.

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