Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 291 (1753).

Derivation: Greek krinon, a lily.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Tall bulbous herbs; leaves long, broad-linear, basal, spirally arranged, present during flowering.

Flowers large, usually white, sessile or pedicellate in an umbel which is at first enclosed in a spathe of 2 broad membranous bracts at the summit of a stout leafless scape; perianth deciduous, with a slender tube and 6 nearly equal lobes; corona 0; stamens 6, inserted at the base of the lobes; the anthers versatile, linear; style filiform, long; stigma capirate; ovary 3-celled, with several ovules superposed in 2 rows sunk in the axile placentas.

Capsule opening irregularly, with 2 or 3 seeds.

Distribution:  At least 100 species in the warmer parts of the world; about 10 species endemic to Australia; some garden ornamentals.

Biology: No text

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