1202.000 Pancratium L.

Geerinck, D. (1973) Amaryllidaceae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique national de Belgique

Description of the genus

Bulbous herbs with solid scapes. Inflorescence of 1(-2) flowers. Involucral bracts 2. Flowers symmetric, white or greenish. Tepals connate into a slender tube; segments spreading. Filaments united into a basal cup, forming a false corona. Fruit a capsule with glossy black seeds.

Worldwide: 16 species in the Canary Is, Mediterranean and W and southern Africa

Malawi: 2 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
parvicoronatum Geerinck [EN]	C
tenuifolium Hochst. ex A. Rich.	S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Pancratium:

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Flora of Botswana: Pancratium
Flora of the DRC: Pancratium
Flora of Mozambique: Pancratium
Flora of Zambia: Pancratium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pancratium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pancratium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pancratium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pancratium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pancratium
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iNaturalist: Pancratium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pancratium
JSTOR Plant Science: Pancratium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pancratium
Plants of the World Online: Pancratium
Tropicos: Pancratium
Wikipedia: Pancratium