Crinum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Crinum']

العربية: دحداح
مصرى: سرف
български: Кринум
čeština: křín
Deutsch: Hakenlilien
Ελληνικά: Κρίνον
eesti: kriinum
فارسی: کرینوم (سرده)
suomi: Kriinumit
עברית: קרינום
hrvatski: Krinum
日本語: ハマオモト属
latviešu: krīnijas
norsk bokmål: Hakeliljer
Nederlands: Haaklelie
norsk: Hakeliljer
polski: Ponętlin
русский: Кринум
سنڌي: ڪرائينم
svenska: Krinumsläktet
lea faka-Tonga: Lile
українська: Кринум
Tiếng Việt: Chi Náng
中文: 文殊蘭屬, 文殊兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 文珠兰属
中文（简体）: 文殊兰属
中文（臺灣）: 文珠蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Amaryllidaceae • Tribus: Amaryllideae • Subtribus: Crininae • Genus: Crinum L. (1753)

Genus Crinum L. (1753)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Bulbine Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 41. (1788) Crinopsis Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 270. (1837) Erigone Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 115. (1866) Liriamus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 23. (1838) Scadianus Raf., Atlantic J.: 164. (1833) Taenais Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 115. (1866) Tanghekolli Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 57. (1763)

103 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 27 July 2018):

C. abyssinicum, C. acaule, C. album, C. × amabile, C. amazonicum, C. americanum, C. amoenum, C. amphibium, C. arenarium, C. asiaticum, C. aurantiacum, C. bakeri, C. balfourii, C. bambusetum, C. belleymei, C. biflorum, C. binghamii, C. brachynema, C. braunii, C. brevilobatum, C. bulbispermum, C. buphanoides, C. calamistratum, C. campanulatum, C. carolo-schmidtii, C. crassicaule, C. darienense, C. erubescens, C. erythrophyllum, C. filifolium, C. fimbriatulum, C. firmifolium, C. flaccidum, C. forgetii, C. giessii, C. gigas, C. glaucum, C. gracile, C. graciliflorum, C. graminicola, C. hanitrae, C. hardyi, C. harmsii, C. hildebrandtii, C. humile, C. jagus, C. jasonii, C. joesmithii, C. kakaduensis, C. kirkii, C. kunthianum, C. lakefieldensis, C. latifolium, C. lavrani, C. lineare, C. longitubum, C. lorifolium, C. lugardiae, C. macowanii, C. majakallense, C. malabaricum, C. mauritianum, C. mccoyi, C. minimum, C. modestum, C. moorei, C. muelleri, C. natans, C. neroanum, C. nordaliae, C. nubicum, C. oliganthum, C. ornatum, C. paludosum, C. palustre, C. papillosum, C. parvibulbosum, C. parvum, C. piliferum, C. politifolium, C. pronkii, C. purpurascens, C. pusillum, C. rautanenianum, C. razafindratsiraea, C. roperense, C. rubromarginatum, C. salsum, C. scillifolium, C. serrulatum, C. solapurense, C. stapfianum, C. stenophyllum, C. stracheyi, C. stuhlmannii, C. subcernuum, C. surinamense, C. thaianum, C. trifidum, C. ugentii, C. undulatum, C. uniflorum, C. variabile, C. venosum, C. verdoorniae, C. virgineum, C. viviparum, C. walteri, C. wattii, C. welwitschii, C. wimbushi, C. woodrowii, C. xerophilum, C. yorkensis, C. zeylanicum

Type species Crinum americanum L. (1753)

Nothospecies

Crinum × amabile
Crinum × powellii

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles.
Asia-Temperate
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo,Cocos Islands, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Isle.
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
- Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Gilbert Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu.
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands.
Northern America
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cayman Islands, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.
- Southern South America‘‘‘
  - Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Crinum.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Crinum