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Family 40. AMARYLLIDACEAE
Revision:
Geerinck, DJL. 1993. Amaryllidaceae. Flora Malesiana series 1, 11: 353-373.
1. Crinum Linnaeus

Crinum asiaticum L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 292; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 147; EPFP 1 (1922) 210; --
Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 359, Fig. 1. --Types from India, Malabar Coast and Sri Lanka in LINN.
Indian Ocean Isls (Cocos Is, Mascarenes), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam), Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo (Brunei, Sarawak), the
Philippines, N Sulawesi, Java, Madura, Timor, Moluccas (Ambon, Seram), New Guinea
(Merauke, Sepik, Milne Bay), Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls, NW Australia, New
Caledonia, Pacific Isls (Guam, Carolines, Marshalls, Fiji, Samoa).
LUZON, MINDORO, PALAWAN, MINDANAO. Along sandy seashores, sometimes
planted inland.
Crinum gracile E Meyer in C Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 120; Naves, Novis. App. (1880) 255; --
Baker, Handb. Amaryl. (1888) 81; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 210; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 361. --Type: Haenke. Luzon.
Crinum cumingii Baker, Gard. Chron. 2 (1881) 72; Handb. Amaryll. (1888) 81; --Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 152; Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 275. –Type: Cuming 1382.
Sumatra (Palembang), Philippines, New Guinea.
LUZON: Nueva Ecija, Laguna, MINDORO, MINDANAO. Primary lowland forests.
Cultivated species:
Crinum latifolium L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 291; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 148; EPFP 1 (1922) 210; --Steiner,
Philip. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 137; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 361.
Native to tropical Asia. Cultivated as an ornamental and perhaps escaped.
Crinum zeylanicum L., Syst. ed. 12 (1767) 236; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 148; EPFP 1 (1922) 211; --
Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 361.
Native to tropical Africa and Asia. Cultivated as an ornamental and subnaturalized.
2. Curculigo Gaertner

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 703; Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1645; --Merr.,
EPFP 1 (1922) 213; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 367, Fig. 5 a; --Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herbert, Amaryll. (1837) 84; --Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Jav. 3 (1968) 209; --Leucojum capitulatum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 199. –Type: unknown.
Molineria recurvata (Dryand.) Herbert, Amaryll. (1837) 84; --Curculigo recurvata Dryand. In Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 2 (1814) 253; --Naves, Novis. App. (1880) 253; --Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1645. Curculigo glabra Merr., PJS 2 c (1907) Bot. 267; EPFP 1 (1922) 213. –Type: Merrill 5750, Mindoro.
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas (Halmaheira; Talaud; Ternate; Ambon), New Guinea, Manus Is, Solomon Isls, Australia, Hawaii.
BATANES, LUZON: Mountain Province, Benguet, Laguna, Quezon, Sorsogon,
POLILLO, ALABAT, MINDORO, NEGROS, BILIRAN, LEYTE, PANAY, MINDANAO,
SIARGAO. Forests and thickets, cheifly at low and médium altitudes, ascending to
1800m.
Curculigo erecta Laut., Bot. Jahrb. 50 (Aug. 1913) 304; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 367,
E Sumatra, N Philippines, New Guinea (Irian Jaya).
LUZON.
Curculigo latifolia Dryand. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 2 (1811) 253; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11
Molineria latifolia (Dryand.) Herbert ex Kurz, Nat. Tijdr. Ned. Indië 27 (1864) 232; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Jav. Curculigo agusanensis Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1645; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 213.—Type: Elmer 13584. Mindanao: Agusan del Norte prov., Mt Urdaneta [=Mt Hilong-hilong].
Curculigo weberi Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1646; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 214. –Type: Elmer 14304. Mindanao: Agusan del Norte prov., Mt Urdaneta [=Mt Hilong-hilong].
Curculigo brevipedunculata Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1647; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 213. –Type: Elmer 13164.
Palawan, Mt Pulgar [=Thumb Peak].
var. latifolia
India, Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Lingga, Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang), Borneo
(Kalimantan; Sarawak; Sabah), Java, Philippines, Sulawesi.
LUZON: Sorsogon, PALAWAN, BALABAC, PANAY, SAMAR, MINDANAO: Zamboanga;
Lanao del Sur, Agusan del Norte (Mt Hilong-hilong). Lowland and medium altitude
forests.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 63, t. 16; --Elmer, LPB 5 (1913) 1645; --Merr., Sp.
Blancoanae (1918) 100; EPFP 1 (1922) 213; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 370, Fig. 5 a. --Type: Unknown.
Gethyllis acaulis Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 260; ed. 2 (1845) 181; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 324. India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Kalimantan), Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isls (Sumba; Flores; Timor), Moluccas (Ambon), New Guinea, Misima Is.
LUZON: Mountain Province, Pangasinan, Rizal, Sorsogon, MINDORO, SEMIRARA, PALAWAN, PANAY, BILIRAN, SAMAR, MINDANAO. Low to medium altitude grasslands, particularly kogonales type. Hymenocallis Salisbury

Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 (1812) 338; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922)
211; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 362. --Type from West Indies.
S to C America. Cultivated and naturalized in tropical Africa, tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands. Bismarck Archipelago, Java, Philippines: LUZON. Cultivated around towns, occasional in waste places, along seashores and in moist sandy places at low altitudes.
Hypoxis Linnaeus

Hypoxis aurea Lour., Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 200; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 214; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser.
1, 11 (1993) 370, f. 6. --Type from Vietnam .
China, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Flores, New Guinea (Irian Jaya). LUZON: Mountain Province, Benguet, Nueva Ecija, MINDANAO: Lanao, Bukidnon. Grassland and other sunny places, medium and higher altitudes, ascending to 2300m. Pancratium Linnaeus

Pancratium zeylanicum L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 290; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 148; EPFP 1 (1922) 212;
--Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 363, Fig. 2. --Type: Probably from Sri Lanka, but perhaps of garden origin.
India, Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Pandaran), Java, Philippines (introduced), Sulawesi and Moluccas (Ambon, Gorontala). LUZON: La Union, Camarines, PALAWAN, BILIRAN. Coconut and abaca plantations, grasslands, thickets, also cultivated in gardens, altitude up to 600m altitude.
Proiphys Herbert

Proiphys amboinensis (L.) Herbert, Appendix (1821) 42; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993)
366, Fig. 3, 4a-b; --Eurycles amboinensis (L.) Lindl. in Loud. Encycl. Pl. (1829) 242; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 149; EPFP 1 (1922) 211.
Thailand, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isls (Bali, Timor), Moluccas (Ambon),
New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago.
LUZON: Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, MINDORO, PALAWAN. Seashores and rocky places,
lowland secondary forests, often cultivated as an ornamental, apparently never far from
human settlements and hence possibly introduced.
Cultivated species of non-Malesian Genera:
Amaryllis belladonna L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 293; --Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 136; --Geerinck, Fl.
Native of South Africa.
Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planch., Illustr. Hortic. 28 (1881) 30; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1,
Eucharis grandiflora auct. non Planch. & Linden, Fl. des Serres i, 9 (1853-54) 255; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) Native of South America. Occurs in the Philippines only as a cultivated ornamental.
Amazon lily.
Eucharis mastersii Baker, Bot. Mag. (1885) pl. 6831; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 372.
Eucharis grandiflora auct. non Planch. & Linden, Fl. des Serres 1, 9 (1853-54) 255; --Steiner, Philip. Ornam.
Native of Colombia.
Hippeastrum mastersii Baker, xxxx; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 372.
Hippeastrum equestre (Aiton) Herbert, xxxx; --Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 137;
Native of C America and West Indies.
Hippeastrum reginae (L.) Herbert, xxx; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 372.
Hippeastrum miniatum auct. non Herbert, Amaryll. Suppl. (1837) 31; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 212.
Amaryllis atamasco auct. non L., --Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 254.
Native of the neotropics.
LUZON: La Union, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon, PANAY, SIASI, MINDANAO. Cultivated for
ornamental purposes, but apparently naturalized under coconut groves, etc.
Hippeastrum reticulatum (L’Her.) Herbert, xxxx; --Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 137; --
Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 372.
Native of Brazil.
Polianthes tuberosa L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 316; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 148; EPFP 1 (1922) 212.
Native of the Neotropics. Cultivated for its fragrant flowers but nowhere naturalized in the
Philippines. Tuberose or azucena.
Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf., xxx; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 373.
Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn, xxx; --Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 137;
Native of tropical Africa.
Zephyranthes atamasco (Baker) Backer, xxxx; --Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 138; --
Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 373.
Native of N America.
Zephyranthes carinata Herbert, xxx; --Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 138; --Geerinck, Fl.
Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 373.
Native of S America.
Zephyranthes rosea (Sprengel) Lindley, Bot. Reg. 10 (1824) t. 821; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 147;
--Steiner, Philipp. Ornam. Pl. (1960) 138; --Geerinck, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 11 (1993) 373.
Atamasco rosea (Sprengel) Greene, Pittonia 3 (1897) 188; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 210.
Native of Cuba.
Widely cultivated as an ornamental in and about towns, sometimes persisting from
previous cultivation but hardly naturalized.

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