Pancratium zeylanicum
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Description
Glabrous herbs.
Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, acute, 12-40 cm by 8-30 mm.
Inflorescences 1-flowered;
Flowers with 2.5-3.5 cm long perigone-tube, lobes linear, 6.5-8 cm long and 4-7 mm wide, acuminate.
Distribution
Ambon present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Maluku (Maluku present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Biliran present, Gorontala present, Luzon present, Minahasa present, Palawan present, Pandaran present
Malesia: Borneo (Pandaran), Java, Philippines (Luzon, Palawan, Biliran), Celebes (Minahasa), Moluccas (Ambon, Gorontala). Also cultivated in gardens.
Citation
L. 1925 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl. p 212
Blanco 1877 – In: Fl. Filip., ed. 3. p 317
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ned. Indië. p 582
Koord. 1898 – In: Meded. Lands Plantent. p 310
Baker 1888: Handb. Amaryll. p 48
Naves 1880: Nov. App. p 256
Hooker 1825 – In: Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 2528
Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila. p 148
L. 1918: Sp. Blanc. p 99
Backer & Bakh. f. 1968 – In: Fl. Java. p 141