Crinum rautanenianum Schinz   
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Katete District, Katete;
Nov 2004.
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Katete District, Katete;
Nov 2004.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Nalusanga;
Jan 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Nalusanga;
Jan 2008.
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Chipata-Lusaka 92.9 km, after Katete;
Dec 2004.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: | Crinum euchrophyllum I. Verd. 
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| Status: | Native | 
| Description: 
 | Leaves distichous, sub-erect, green or glaucous, with thin woolly fibres when torn, deeply channelled and pointed; margin scabrous. Flowers 3-8 per umbel, perianth segments white, fading to pink. Fruits reddish; seeds smooth, with water-repellent outer coat, floating in water. | 
| Type location: 
 | Namibia | 
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| Habitat: | Seasonally flooded grassland. | 
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. | 
| FZ divisions: | N | 
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | 
| Literature: | Setshogo, M.P. (2005).  Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37.  Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 112.   Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2008).  Amaryllidacae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1)  Pages 127 - 128.    | 
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