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
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