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Synonyms: |
Crinum delagoense I. Verd. Crinum graminicola sensu Plowes &Drummond in Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe, 1990: plate 24/25 |
Common names: | Candy-striped crinum (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Bulbous perennial. Leaves broad, spreading and flat, up to 100 × 20 cm; margin finely hairy. Flowers in many-flowered umbels (up to 50), flared, white with deep pink ribs. Fruit up to 7 cm in diameter, pinkish-red, not beaked. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | stuhlmannii: after Franz Ernest Stuhlmann, one time Acting Governor of Tanganyika and plant collector delagoense: of Delagoa Bay in South Africa |
Habitat: | In grassland and deciduous woodland, usually on sandy soils. |
Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Botswana distribution: | SE |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 66. As Crinum stuhlmannii (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. As Crinum delagoense & as C. graminicola Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. As Crinum delagoense Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 119. as Crinum stuhlmannii Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 84. as Crinum stuhlmannii Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. in error as Crinum graminicola Pages 24 - 25. in error as Crinum graminicola (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 350 - 351. as Crinum delagoense (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 112. as Crinum stuhlmannii Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of the Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 18(2) Pages 161 - 162. Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2008). Amaryllidacae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 124 - 125. (Includes a picture). |
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