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Hymenocallis littoralis Salisb.

Beach spiderlily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Hymenocallis

Characteristics

Bulb spherical, 7.5-10 cm in diameter. Leaves 2-ranked, stalkless, oblong, 40-120 cm by 1.5-5 (-7) cm, acute. Inflorescences 6-11-flowered; peduncle 45-60 cm long; spathes 6-7 cm long; pedicel none to very short. Flowers fragrant. Perigone-tube 14-17 cm long; segments linear, channelled, 7.5-12 cm long and 2-3 mm wide, tipped. False corona 2.5-3 cm high; free part of filaments c. 6 cm. Ovules 4-5 per cell, style slightly exceeding the stamens.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.39 - 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bunyaviridae infections (bulb), Cytopathogenic effect, viral (bulb), Dengue virus (bulb), Fever (bulb), Hypotension (bulb), Insect repellents (bulb), Leukemia (bulb), Ovarian neoplasms (bulb), Rna virus infections (bulb), Insect repellents (flower), Insect repellents (fruit), Insect repellents (leaf), Insect repellents (root), Vulnerary (unspecified), Measles virus (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Images

Leaf

Hymenocallis littoralis leaf picture by Antonio Martins José (cc-by-sa)
Hymenocallis littoralis leaf picture by sunil sunil gupta (cc-by-sa)
Hymenocallis littoralis leaf picture by Future Foundation (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hymenocallis littoralis flower picture by ifp660 (cc-by-sa)
Hymenocallis littoralis flower picture by jagadeeswaran kannan (cc-by-sa)
Hymenocallis littoralis flower picture by Moheen Łluv (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hymenocallis littoralis fruit picture by feuilles alternes (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hymenocallis littoralis world distribution map, present in Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Central African Republic, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nauru, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Seychelles, Tonga, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Samoa, South Africa, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65266-1
WFO ID wfo-0000667199
COL ID 3NJ6S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629878
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hymenocallis americana f. disticha Hymenocallis americana f. staplesiana Hymenocallis americana Hymenocallis arenaria Hymenocallis biflora Hymenocallis dryanderi Hymenocallis panamensis Hymenocallis peruviana Pancratium distichum Pancratium staplesii Troxistemon distichus Hymenocallis stapelsiana Hymenocallis disticha Hymenocallis insignis Hymenocallis niederleinii Hymenocallis pedalis Hymenocallis tenuiflora Pancratium americanum Pancratium dryanderi Pancratium littorale Pancratium pedale Pancratium tenuiflorum Troxistemon littorale Hymenocallis dryandri Pancratium pediale Hymenocallis adnata Hymenocallis senegambica Troxistemon littoralis Hymenocallis adnata var. disticha Hymenocallis adnata var. driandrina Hymenocallis adnata var. staplesiana Hymenocallis littoralis var. disticha Hymenocallis littoralis var. dryanderi Hymenocallis littoralis var. longituba Pancratium littorale var. dryanderi Hymenocallis adnata var. dryanderi Hymenocallis adnata var. princeps Hymenocallis americana f. dryanderi Troxistemon dryanderi Hymenocallis littoralis var. dryandri Pancratium littorale var. dryandri Hymenocallis staplesii Hymenocallis littoralis
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