Crinum latifolium

{{short description|Species of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae}}

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|taxon = Crinum latifolium

|image = Crinum latifolium.jpg

|image_caption = Pink Striped Trumpet Lily

|authority = L.[http://www.botanicus.org/page/358310 Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 291–292]

|synonyms=*Amaryllis insignis Ker Gawl.

• Amaryllis moluccana Ker Gawl.
• Crinum cochinchinense M.Roem.
• Crinum esquirolii H.Lév.
• Crinum insigne (Ker Gawl.) Sweet
• Crinum jemenicum Dammann
• Crinum longistylum Herb. ex Steud.
• Crinum moluccanum Roxb. ex Ker Gawl.
• Crinum ornatum var. latifolium (L.) Herb.

|synonyms_ref=[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-303477 The Plant List]

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Crinum latifolium is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). It arises from an underground bulb. The flowering stems are stout, reaching about 2 m in height. The leaves are long, linear and ligulate. The flowers are white and arranged in an umbel.Herbert, William. 1837. Amaryllidaceae 263, as Crinum ornatum var. latifoliumLéveillé, Augustin Abel Hector. 1906. Nouv. Contrib. Liliac. Chine 9, as Crinum esquirolii It grows naturally in Asia, from India and Sri Lanka through much of mainland Southeast Asia to south China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan). It is also reportedly naturalized in the West Indies and in the Chagos Archipelago.{{Citation |contribution=Crinum latifolium|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303477 |accessdate=2013-01-05}}