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Swamplilies
Crinum
Crinum is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found in seasonally moist areas, including marshes, swamps, depressions and along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tree Crinum
speciesCrinum asiaticum
Southern Swamp Crinum
speciesCrinum americanum
Natal Swamplily
speciesCrinum moorei
Giant Spider Lily
hybridCrinum × amabile
mangrove lily
speciesCrinum pedunculatum
Orange River Swamplily
speciesCrinum bulbispermum
River Swamplily
speciesCrinum macowanii
Grass Swamplily
speciesCrinum graminicola
Candystripe Swamplily
speciesCrinum stuhlmannii
Rattrayii Crinum
speciesCrinum jagus
Darling Lily
speciesCrinum flaccidum
Crinum erubescens
speciesCrinum erubescens
Powell's swamp lily
hybridCrinum × powellii
Crinum ornatum
speciesCrinum ornatum
Crinum latifolium
speciesCrinum latifolium
Sand Swamplily
speciesCrinum buphanoides
Crinum arenarium
speciesCrinum arenarium
Water Swamplily
speciesCrinum campanulatum
Ceylon swamplily
speciesCrinum zeylanicum
Western Swamplily
speciesCrinum variabile
Uniflower Swamplily
speciesCrinum walteri
Crinum natans
speciesCrinum natans
Kalahari Swamplily
speciesCrinum crassicaule
River crinum lily
speciesCrinum viviparum
Veld Swamplily
speciesCrinum lugardiae
Crinum uniflorum
speciesCrinum uniflorum
Water Onion
speciesCrinum thaianum
Albany Grass Swamplily
speciesCrinum lineare
Andamooka Lily
speciesCrinum luteolum
Mputaland Grass Swamplily
speciesCrinum acaule
Okavango Swamplily
speciesCrinum carolo-schmidtii
Crinum firmifolium
speciesCrinum firmifolium
Vlei Swamplily
speciesCrinum paludosum
Crinum glaucum
speciesCrinum glaucum
Crinum malabaricum
speciesCrinum malabaricum
Crinum mauritianum
speciesCrinum mauritianum
Crinum subcernuum
speciesCrinum subcernuum
Crinum mccoyi
speciesCrinum mccoyi
Crinum amoenum
speciesCrinum amoenum
Crinum woodrowii
speciesCrinum woodrowii
Crinum kunthianum
speciesCrinum kunthianum
Crinum xerophilum
speciesCrinum xerophilum
Crinum purpurascens
speciesCrinum purpurascens
Crinum rautanenianum
speciesCrinum rautanenianum
Crinum verdoorniae
speciesCrinum verdoorniae
Crinum papillosum
speciesCrinum papillosum
Crinum nubicum
speciesCrinum nubicum
Crinum album
speciesCrinum album
Crinum aurantiacum
speciesCrinum aurantiacum
Crinum biflorum
speciesCrinum biflorum
Crinum venosum
speciesCrinum venosum
Crinum wattii
speciesCrinum wattii
Crinum abyssinicum
speciesCrinum abyssinicum
Tropical Dwarf Swamplily
speciesCrinum minimum
Crinum calamistratum
speciesCrinum calamistratum
Crinum bambusetum
speciesCrinum bambusetum
Crinum politifolium
speciesCrinum politifolium
Crinum hanitrae
speciesCrinum hanitrae
Crinum balfourii
speciesCrinum balfourii
Crinum parvibulbosum
speciesCrinum parvibulbosum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62928.