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Herbs perennial, fairly stout. Leaves ligulate, usually ca. 70 × 3.5--6 cm or more. Umbel several flowered; bracts linear; involucres 2, lanceolate, ca. 9 cm. Pedicel very short. Perianth subsalverform; tube slightly curved, ca. 9 cm; lobes white, often tinged with red, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, ca. 7.5 × 1.5 cm, apex shortly acuminate. Filaments shorter than perianth; anther linear, 1.2--1.8 cm. Fl. Jun--Aug.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 24: 265 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat & Distribution

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Dry riverbeds, sandy soil. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan [India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].
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Flora of China Vol. 24: 265 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Crinum esquirolii H. Léveillé; C. ornatum Herbert var. latifolium (Linnaeus) Herbert.
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Flora of China Vol. 24: 265 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Crinum latifolium

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Crinum Latifolium in Bloom.jpg

Crinum latifolium is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). It arises from an underground bulb. The flowering stems are stout, reaching about 2 m in height. The leaves are long, linear and ligulate. The flowers are white and arranged in an umbel.[3][4] It grows naturally in Asia, from India and Sri Lanka through much of mainland Southeast Asia to south China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan). It is also reportedly naturalized in the West Indies and in the Chagos Archipelago.[5]

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 291–292
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ Herbert, William. 1837. Amaryllidaceae 263, as Crinum ornatum var. latifolium
  4. ^ Léveillé, Augustin Abel Hector. 1906. Nouv. Contrib. Liliac. Chine 9, as Crinum esquirolii
  5. ^ "Crinum latifolium", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-01-05

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Crinum latifolium: Brief Summary

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Crinum latifolium is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). It arises from an underground bulb. The flowering stems are stout, reaching about 2 m in height. The leaves are long, linear and ligulate. The flowers are white and arranged in an umbel. It grows naturally in Asia, from India and Sri Lanka through much of mainland Southeast Asia to south China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan). It is also reportedly naturalized in the West Indies and in the Chagos Archipelago.

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