Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Nothoscordum bivalve Crinum americanum var. americanum Galanthus nivalis	Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Kimberly J. Martin Kimberly J. Martin

Herbs, perennial, scapose, from bulbs with elongate columnar apices. Leaves basal, thick; blade lorate or ensiform, not narrowed near base. Scape solid. Inflorescences umbellate, few to many-flowered, subtended by 2 large, lanceolate, scarious bracts. Flowers sessile or pedicellate; perianth connate proximally, red to white, often striped, streaked, or overlaid with red abaxially, funnelform to salverform to semicampanulate, tube straight to curved, ca. same length as limb lobes; stamens inserted on perianth-tube throat; filaments thin, often declinate; ovary inferior, globose; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruits capsular, globose or subglobose, usually prominently beaked. Seeds fleshy, testa often corky.

Distribution

Tropical and warm regions worldwide, mostly in Africa

Discussion

Species ca. 100 (4 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Crinum americanum, Crinum asiaticum, Crinum bulbispermum, Crinum zeylanicum

Key

1	Flowers sessile or nearly so.	> 2
1	Flowers distinctly pedicellate.	> 3
2	Perianth white.	Crinum americanum
2	Perianth purplish red, particularly abaxially.	Crinum zeylanicum
3	Perianth pink to red; leaves 3–5 cm wide; umbels 8–13-flowered.	Crinum bulbispermum
3	Perianth white; leaves 7.5–12 cm wide; umbels 20–100-flowered.	Crinum asiaticum

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