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Crinum xanthophyllum

Golden-leaf Crinum-Lily

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Golden-leaf Crinum-Lily, Golden-leaf Crinum

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Riri (RR MG AT MK MT AK TW RK), Lily (PL), Lili (TS), Riri Makita (MH), Lili Wowolo (PK NS)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ?Melanesia; EXOTIC EXOTIC: New Cadedonia - Societies, Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group & N.Group - widespread, common; Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers and leaves; Poisonous to eat - serious

KEY FEATURES: Fleshy herb to 100cm. STALK cylindrical, to 25cm. LEAVES sword-like, to 100x7cm, stiff, erect to arching, golden yellow. FLOWERS stalk to 30cm with c.20 flowers; FLOWER stalk ~1cm or less, white, erect tube to 8cm, with linear petals (=lobes) to 75x5mm.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
++	++	++	++++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Crinum xanthophyllum Hannibal, 1972
SYNONYMS: Crinum pedunculatum var. xanthophyllum; Crinum asiaticum [misapplied]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); LILIIDAE; Liliales; LILIACEAE. COMMENT: See note under Crinum asiaticum.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimens, very common, 2/2004, ID GMcC.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB03a, zM03a, zD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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