Crinum × letitiae Herb.

, Amaryllidaceae 274 (1837). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60455987-2
Publication
Amaryllidaceae; Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, ... London
Collation
274
Date of Publication
late Apr 1837
Family as entered in IPNI
Amaryllidaceae

Remarks

Protologue: C. letitiae, or Erubescente-bracteatum; named after my wife. A remarkable plant, of larger growth than either parent, with a red column, and an umbel of about 10 large white flowers. It flowers very frequently, and is very ornamental, increasing by offsets.

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Hybrid Parent
Crinum erubescens L.f., Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 413 (1789).
Hybrid Parent
Crinum bracteatum Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(1): 47 (1799).