Biology:Crinum americanum
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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae
| Crinum americanum | |
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| American Crinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Crinum |
| Species: | C. americanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Crinum americanum | |
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Crinum americanum is an aquatic angiosperm native to North America from Texas to South Carolina, as well as Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.[2] Common names for this species include Florida swamp-lily,[3] string lily,[3] and southern swamp crinum.[3] The species grows in small groups in still water habitats.
Crinum species are now members of the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae;[4] they were formerly placed in the family Liliaceae. They are monocots with six flower petals in white at approximately 10 cm across.
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-303311. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Crinum americanum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 20 December 2014 }}
- ↑ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L.; Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CRAM2
- http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=707
Wikidata ☰ Q5185769 entry
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