Amaryllidaceae
Crinum

Crinum macowanii Baker

First published in Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 298 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Seychelles. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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 Zambesiaca

  • Handb. Amaryllid.: 94 (1888);
  • in Bothalia 11: 46 (1973).
  • in F.C. 6: 202 (1896).
  • in F.T.E.A., Amaryllidaceae: 18 (1982).
  • in Gard. Chron. 9: 298 (1878);
  • ―Archer & Condy in Fl. Pl. Afr. 56: 30 (1999).
  • ―Lehmiller in Herbertia 52: 62 (1997).
  • ―Nordal in Norw. J. Bot. 24: 182, fig.6 (1977);
  • ―Uphof in Herbertia 9: 80 (1942).
  • ―Verdoorn in J.S. Afr. Bot. 22: 79 (1956);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by I. Nordal [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Gard. Chron .1878 (1): 298 (1878).
  • Nordal in Norw. Journ. Bot. 24: 182, fig. 6 (1977).
  • Verdoorn in Bothalia 11: 46 (1973).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Buchanan, M. [s.n.] Malawi K002851580 Yes
Grosvenor, R.K. [462] Zimbabwe K002851601 Yes
Chase, N.C. [8084] Zimbabwe K002851636 Yes
Graham, R.M. [L.D. 850] Kenya K002851273 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [14943] Tanzania K002851293 Yes
Harvey [136] Kenya K002851276 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM 210] Zambia K002851591 Yes
Jackson, G. [210] Malawi K002851582 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG931149] Tanzania K002851309 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [888] Tanzania K002851302 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7880] Tanzania K002851311 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [396] Zimbabwe K002851634 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [378] Mozambique K002851574 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [2107] Tanzania K002851298 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [385] Zimbabwe K002851597 Yes
s.coll. [99] Zimbabwe K002851593 Yes
Walters, J. [2751] Zimbabwe K002851638 Yes
Goetze, W. [378] Tanzania K002851320 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7880] Tanzania K002851312 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [107] Kenya K002851286 Yes
Jackson, G. [1398] Malawi K002851587 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.); Arasululu, S. [26787] Tanzania K002851296 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3475] Tanzania K002851305 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [938] Zimbabwe K002851600 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, N. [10261] Tanzania K002851294 Yes
Ash, J. [821] Ethiopia K:SPC-36406.000 No
{Lord Methuen} [373] Zimbabwe K002851611 Yes
Verdcourt [3825] Kenya K002851284 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2122] Angola K002851609 Yes
Wilkin, P. [714] Zimbabwe K002851607 Yes
Koritzschoner, H. [2021] Tanzania K002851292 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [373] Zimbabwe K002851612 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [M120] Mozambique K002851614 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [7212] Tanzania K002851308 Yes
[J. Rapnehe] [445] South Africa K002851608 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Gillett, J.B.; Kanuri [14778] Kenya K002851265 Yes
Napper, D. [1122] Tanzania K002851307 Yes
Faden, A.J.; Nģweno, F. [74/220] Kenya K002851279 Yes
Grosvenor, R.K. [462] Zimbabwe K002851602 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [377] Mozambique K002851571 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [10235] Kenya K002851283 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [384] Mozambique K002851575 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1043] Tanzania K002851316 Yes
Dehn, G. [41979] Zimbabwe K002851637 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1043] Tanzania K002851317 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [386] Mozambique K002851610 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [418] Zambia K002851589 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [5786] Uganda K002851261 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [827] Uganda K002851263 Yes
Wilkin, P. [714] Zimbabwe K002851606 Yes
Harder, D.K. [1375] Tanzania K002851303 Yes
Methuen [M129] Mozambique K002851618 Yes
s.coll. [1745] Mozambique K002851573 Yes
Spjut, R.W.; Ensor, P.D. [2872] Kenya K002851278 Yes
Major, E.J.; Lugard, C. [579] Kenya K002851269 Yes
s.coll. [M100] K002851599 Yes
Major E.J.; Lugard, C. [579] Kenya K002851271 Yes
Herlocker [H-188] Kenya K002851266 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K002851572 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [CRS531] Zambia K002851590 Yes
Hornby, R.M. [3314] Zimbabwe K002851639 Yes
Greenway, C.G.; [illegible] [13436] Tanzania K002851301 Yes
Jackson, G. [1398] Malawi K002851586 Yes
Archibald, E.E.A. [7513] South Africa K000365417 Isotype Yes
Snowden, J.D. [827] Uganda K002851264 Yes
Tanner, R. [1727] Tanzania K002851291 Yes
Leach, L.C. [8073] Zimbabwe K002851631 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5625] Kenya K002851267 Yes
Eyles, F. [8529] Zimbabwe K002851603 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002851290 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.J. [1054] Malawi K002851584 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3475] Tanzania K002851306 Yes
Methuen [120] Mozambique K002851615 Yes
Verdcourt [3825] Kenya K002851285 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [376] Zimbabwe K002851632 Yes
Ash, J. [1620] Ethiopia K:SPC-35895.000 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [2130] Zimbabwe K002851595 Yes
Richards, M. [18605] Tanzania K002851314 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [591-64] Zambia K002851641 No
Purseglove, J.W. [P1544] Uganda K002851260 Yes
Moriarty, A. [712] Malawi K002851619 Yes
Wilkin, P. [714] Zimbabwe K:SPC-59257.000 No
Someren, V. [3626] Kenya K002851280 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [377] Mozambique K002851570 Yes
Phillips, E. [4146] Malawi K002851581 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [254] Kenya K002851275 Yes
Padwa, S.H. [101] Uganda K002851262 Yes
Phillips, E. [3102] Malawi K002851585 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [418] Zambia K002851629 Yes
Meller, C.J. [31] K002851578 Yes
Eyles, F. [8529] Zimbabwe K002851604 Yes
Stolz, A. [948] Tanzania K002851313 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [375] Tanzania K002851319 Yes
Methuen [M 42] Mozambique K002851576 Yes
Macauly (Mrs.) [950] Zambia K002851588 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002851315 Yes
Jackson, G. [210] Malawi K002851583 Yes
Wilkin, P. [714] Zimbabwe K002851605 Yes
Methuen [M129] Mozambique K002851617 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [385] Zimbabwe K002851596 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG931149] Tanzania K002851310 Yes
Willan, R.L. [75] Tanzania K002851300 Yes
Methuen [99] K002851594 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [375] Zimbabwe K002851598 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [898] Kenya K002851287 Yes
Halland [H122/61] Kenya K002851277 Yes
Major E.J.; Lugard, C. [579] Kenya K002851272 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8633] K002851627 Yes
Richards, H.M. [21537] Zambia K002851592 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [418] Zambia K002851630 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [24726] Tanzania K002851297 Yes
s.coll. [3] Kenya K002851282 Yes
s.coll. [3626] Kenya K002851281 Yes
{J. Gomes Pedro} [4343] Mozambique K002851616 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [540] Tanzania K002851321 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [10] Zambia K002851643 Yes
Graham, R.M. [LD.850] Kenya K002851268 Yes
MacOwan [2122] South Africa K000365419 Type Yes
MacOwan [2122] South Africa K000365418 Lectotype Yes
[O. Brun] [s.n.] K002851579 Yes
Tanner, R. [3858] Tanzania K002851299 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [591-64] Zambia K002851640 Yes
Methuen [M 42] Mozambique K002851577 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002851289 Yes
Graham, R.M. [LD.850] Kenya K002851274 Yes
Carmichael [128] Tanzania K002851318 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, Q. [4486] Kenya K002851288 Yes
Methuen [9-62] K002851635 Yes
Luke, Q. [16805] Tanzania K002851304 Yes
Major E.J.; Lugard, C. [579] Kenya K002851270 Yes
Hoyle [32-56] Malawi K002851621 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM 1609] Zambia K002851628 Yes
Hoyle, J. (Mrs) [32-56] Malawi K002851620 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [376] Zimbabwe K002851633 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7880] Tanzania Crinum pedicellatum K:SPC-39141.000 No
Methuen, P. [M45] Mozambique Crinum johnstonii K002852355 Yes
Methuen, P. [M45] Mozambique Crinum johnstonii K002852356 Yes
Uknown from sheet. [s.n.] Crinum johnstonii K000365414 Unknown Type Material Yes
Uknown from sheet. [s.n.] Crinum johnstonii K000365413 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

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

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