''Crinum moorei'' is a

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plant belonging to the family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus '' Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryl ...

, and native to

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(the

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...

and

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is loca ...

Taxonomy

Synonyms

*Homotypic **''Amaryllis moorei'' ( Hook.f.) *Heterotypic **''Crinum imbricatum''

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**''Crinum colensoi''

**''Crinum mackenii''

**''Crinum makoyanum'' Carrière **''Crinum moorei'' var. ''album''

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**''Crinum moorei'' var. ''platypetala''

**''Crinum moorei'' var. ''rubra'' Hannibal **''Crinum natalense''

**''Crinum schmidtii'' Regel

Hybrids

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Crinum × powellii ''Crinum'' is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found in seasonally moist areas, including marshes, swamps, depressions and along the sides of st ...

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Crinum × worsleyi ''Crinum'' is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found in seasonally moist areas, including marshes, swamps, depressions and along the sides of strea ...

W.Watson William Watson (1858–1925) was a British botanist and horticulturist. He was a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for En ...

References

moorei Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of KwaZulu-Natal Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker {{Amaryllidaceae-stub