Crinum natans
Also known as: Crinum natans inundatum
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Crinum natans Baker Species
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Crinum
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Central African Republic; Cameroon; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
- Published in
- D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 396 (1898)
Media and observations
Description. Herb with small bulb, very strong root system; leaves crinkled, submerged and floating, 140 x 2.2 cm; flowers large, borne above the water. (A checklist of rheophytes of Cameroon)
Distribution. Cameroon (Fig. 6), Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. (A checklist of rheophytes of Cameroon)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2853698 https://www.gbif.org/species/2853698
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 AM