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Internal ID UUID644025b60328e736036179
Scientific name Crinum americanum
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 292 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Crinum strictum var. traubii Moldenke Pl. Life 18: 49 (1962)
Scadianus multiflorus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 23 (1838)
Bulbine uncinata Moench Methodus : 641 (1794)
Crinum americanum var. traubii (Moldenke) L.S.Hannibal Bull. Louisiana Soc. Hort. Res. 3: 308 (1972)
Crinum caribaeum Baker Gard. Chron. , n.s., 16: 40 (1881)
Crinum ceruleum Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 164 (1833)
Crinum commelyni DC. Liliac. t. 322 1811
Crinum conicum M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 67 (1847)
Crinum floridanum Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 583 (1864)
Crinum herbertianum Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 871 (1830)
Crinum longiflorum Herb. Bot. Mag. 47: t. 2121 (1820)
Crinum roozenianum O'Brien Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 9: 701 (1891)
Crinum texanum L.S.Hannibal Bull. Louisiana Soc. Hort. Res. 3: 263, 320 (1972)
Crinum strictum Herb. Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2635 (1826)

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Language Common/alternative name
English florida swamp lily
English florida swamp-lily
English southern swamp crinum
English seven sisters
Spanish crinum conicum
Spanish scadianus multiflorus
Spanish crinum strictum
Spanish crinum floridanum
Spanish crinum commelyni
Spanish crinum caribaeum
Spanish bulbine uncinata
Spanish crinum herbertianum
Spanish crinum texanum
Spanish crinum roozenianum
Spanish crinum longiflorum
Spanish crinum ceruleum
Bengali ক্রিনাম আমেরিকানাম
Persian کرینوم آمریکایی
Swedish sumpkrinum
Chinese 北美文殊蘭
Chinese 美洲文珠兰
Chinese 北美文殊兰

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Mississippi
      • South Carolina

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000764381
Florida Plant Atlas 2282
Flora of Alabama 4416
USDA Plants CRAM2
Tropicos 1200389
INPN 631016
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319172-2
The Plant List kew-303311
Missouri Botanical Garden 275728
Open Tree Of Life 309623
NCBI Taxonomy 164437
Nature Serve 2.146322
IPNI 319172-2
iNaturalist 128713
GBIF 2853938
Freebase /m/0j_2s4b
EPPO KRMAM
EOL 1087150
USDA GRIN 312682
Wikipedia Crinum_americanum

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Influence of Sucrose and Activated Charcoal on Phytochemistry and Vegetative Growth in Zephyranthes irwiniana (Ravenna) Nic. García (Amaryllidaceae) Dewes Neto B, Gomes-Copeland KK, Silveira D, Gomes SM, Craesmeyer JM, de Castro Nizio DA, Fagg CW Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10935178
doi:10.3390/plants13050569
PMID:38475416
Studies on the Nonalkaloidal Secondary Metabolites of Hippeastrum vittatum (L’Her.) Herb. Bulbs Khalifa MF, Fahim JR, Allam AE, Shoman ME, El Zawily A, Kamel MS, Shimizu K, Attia EZ ACS Omega 23-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10398848
doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c07886
PMID:37546665
Appearance of a population of the mangrove rail Rallus longirostris (Rallidae) in salt marshes invaded by the exotic tanner grass Urochloa arrecta (Poaceae) and its disappearance after plant management Bornschein MR, Teixeira L, de Morais Guerra B, Melchiori BL, Reinert BL, Sandretti-Silva G Wetlands (Wilmington) 08-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9735195
doi:10.1007/s13157-022-01642-7
PMID:36530518
Lycorine Alkaloid and Crinum americanum L. (Amaryllidaceae) Extracts Display Antifungal Activity on Clinically Relevant Candida Species Silva LC, Correia AF, Gomes JV, Romão W, Motta LC, Fagg CW, Magalhães PO, Silveira D, Fonseca-Bazzo YM Molecules 06-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9100883
doi:10.3390/molecules27092976
PMID:35566325
Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: An Indispensable Contrivance in Green Remediation Technology Sabreena, Hassan S, Bhat SA, Kumar V, Ganai BA, Ameen F Plants (Basel) 06-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9104525
doi:10.3390/plants11091255
PMID:35567256
Community stability and seasonal biotic homogenisation emphasize the effect of the invasive tropical tanner grass on macrophytes from a highly dynamic neotropical tidal river Galvanese EF, Costa AP, Araújo ES, Falkievicz BC, de Melo GG, Vitule JR, Padial AA Aquat Sci 05-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC8980772
doi:10.1007/s00027-022-00858-3
PMID:35400976
Pollination ecology of the ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii): A first description with new hypotheses for Darwin’s orchids Houlihan PR, Stone M, Clem SE, Owen M, Emmel TC Sci Rep 06-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6731287
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49387-4
PMID:31492938
Two CYP82D Enzymes Function as Flavone Hydroxylases in the Biosynthesis of Root-Specific 4′-Deoxyflavones in Scutellaria baicalensis Zhao Q, Cui MY, Levsh O, Yang D, Liu J, Li J, Hill L, Yang L, Hu Y, Weng JK, Chen XY, Martin C Mol Plant 08-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5770198
doi:10.1016/j.molp.2017.08.009
PMID:28842248
The velamen radicum is common among terrestrial monocotyledons Zotz G, Schickenberg N, Albach D Ann Bot 07-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5714198
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx097
PMID:28961783
Biophysical optimality of the golden angle in phyllotaxis Okabe T Sci Rep 16-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4607949
doi:10.1038/srep15358
PMID:26471765
Plant biotechnology: use of tissue culture techniques in species Boerhavia paniculata Rich and Crinum americanum L as alternative for the production of new drugs in vitro Araújo S, Santos A BMC Proc 01-Oct-2014
PMCID:PMC4211042
doi:10.1186/1753-6561-8-S4-P243
Chemistry, Biology and Medicinal Potential of Narciclasine and its Congeners Kornienko A, Evidente A Chem Rev 20-May-2008
PMCID:PMC2856661
doi:10.1021/cr078198u
PMID:18489166
Oxocrinine and other alkaloids from Crinum americanum A.A. Ali, H.M. El Saved, O.M. Abdalliah, W. Steglich Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Crinine- and Haemanthamine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
[(1S,13R,15R)-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-15-yl] acetate 101935954 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=CC5=C(C=C43)OCO5)C=C1 313.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
[(1S,13R)-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-15-yl] acetate 22213227 Click to see 313.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
1,2-Didehydrocrinan-3-ol 101727 Click to see C1CN2CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C15C2CC(C=C5)O)OCO4 271.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Crinine 398937 Click to see 271.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Crinine acetate 185262 Click to see 313.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Flexinine 398936 Click to see 287.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Vittatine acetate 541087 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=CC5=C(C=C43)OCO5)C=C1 313.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Lycorine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
Lycorine 72378 Click to see 287.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Dihydrofurans / Furanones / Butenolides
(4E,7E,10R)-5,9,9-trimethyl-11-oxabicyclo[8.2.1]trideca-1(13),4,7-triene-6,12-dione 92977572 Click to see CC1=CCCC2=CC(C(C=CC1=O)(C)C)OC2=O 246.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Benzoquinolines / Phenanthridines and derivatives
(1R,13R)-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-15-one 163190506 Click to see 269.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
(1S,13R)-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-15-one 11391548 Click to see C1CN2CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C15C2CC(=O)C=C5)OCO4 269.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
1,2-Didehydrocrinan-3-one 622836 Click to see 269.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
7H-(1,3)Dioxolo(4,5-j)pyrrolo(3,2,1-de)phenanthridin-7-one 100605 Click to see 263.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
7H-Pyrrolo(3,2,1-de)phenanthridin-7-one, 10-hydroxy-9-methoxy- 5488695 Click to see 265.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Pratorimine 181937 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C3=CC=CC4=C3N(C2=O)C=C4)O 265.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Pratosine 10401363 Click to see 279.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Trisphaeridine 443684 Click to see 223.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5
Ungeremine 159646 Click to see C1C[N+]2=CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C5=CC(=CC1=C52)O)OCO4 266.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81704-5

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