| Author: |
Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt, 1939 |
| Family: |
AMARYLLIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
18 Centimetres |
| Height: |
30 (50)
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Northern
Ammocharis |
| Synonyms: |
Crinum
ammocharoides, Baker.
Crinum bainesii, Baker.
Crinum cordofanum, Kotschy & Peyr.
Crinum lastii, Baker.
Crinum ondongense, Baker.
Crinum poggei, Pax.
Crinum rhodanthum, Baker.
Crinum thruppii, Baker ex Oliv.
Crinum tinneae, Kotschy & Peyr.
Crinum tinneanum, Kotschy & Peyr.
Stenolirion elliotii, Baker. |
This member of the Amaryllidaceae
family was given this name by Edgar Wolston Bertram
Handsley Milne-Redhead and Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes
Schweickerdt in 1939. It is found
from Angola, Botswana, Burundi,
Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and
Zimbabwe. It is growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to 18
centimetres in diameter, the leaves grow to 50 centimetres length.
The flowers are light to dark pink.
The genera name means
'sand' and 'delight', as it grows well in sandy soils. The species is named after A. Tinné, who
collected the type in the Sudan in 1873. |
