Amaryllidaceae
Crinum

Crinum kirkii Baker

First published in Bot. Mag. 106: t. 6512 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa to Mozambique. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nordal, I. (1982). Amaryllidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-30.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Bot. Mag. 106, t. 6312 (1880).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 402 (1898).
  • Harms in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 145 (1895).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 215 (1949).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Braun [4009] Kenya K002851370 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [1072] Tanzania K002851381 Yes
Bailes, C.P. [359] Kenya K002851378 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2780] Tanzania K002851382 Yes
Hucks, H.P. [464] Kenya K002851373 Yes
Redbbard, M. [s.n.] Kenya K002851372 Yes
Narga [482] Kenya K002851367 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1228b] Tanzania K002851383 Yes
Chater Jack, F. [28] Kenya K002851377 Yes
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14414] Kenya K002851368 Yes
Faulkner, H. [2780] Tanzania K002851384 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [s.n.] Kenya K002851376 Yes
Tweedie [3267] Kenya K002851375 Yes
Someren, V. [s.n.] Kenya K002851371 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [654] Kenya K002851369 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7746] Kenya K002851374 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002851380 Yes
Bailes, C.P. [359] Kenya K002851379 Yes
Tweedie, J.R.; Sealy K:SPC-45597.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0