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Beach spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis)

Dlium Beach spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis)

Beach spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis) is plant species in Amaryllidaceae, herbaceous perennial, up to 80 cm tall, with bulbs 7-10 cm in diameter and over time developing a neck 4-5 cm in diameter. The leaves are elongated, flat, thick, up to 80 cm long and up to 3 cm wide.

The flowers are large, white, vanilla-scented, and in sticky clusters. The flower awns are attached to staminal cups. Each flower tube is up to 17 cm long or longer.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Hymenocallideae
Genus: Hymenocallis Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 338 (1812)
Species: Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 338 (1812)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hymenocallis adnata Herb. in Amaryllidaceae: 215 (1837)
Hymenocallis adnata var. littoralis (Jacq.) Herb. (1837)
Hymenocallis adnata var. princeps Herb. (1837)
Hymenocallis littoralis var. longituba Herb. in Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2621 (1826)
Pancratium littorale Jacq. in Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 99 (1763)
Troxistemon littoralis (Jacq.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 23 (1838)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hymenocallis adnata var. disticha (Sims) Herb. (1837)
Hymenocallis adnata var. driandrina Herb. (1837)
Hymenocallis adnata var. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 5: 677 (1850)
Hymenocallis adnata var. staplesiana Herb. (1837)
Hymenocallis americana (Mill.) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 176 (1847)
Hymenocallis americana f. disticha (Sims) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1021 (1895)
Hymenocallis americana f. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Voss (1895)
Hymenocallis americana f. staplesiana (Herb.) Voss (1895)
Hymenocallis arenaria M.Roem. (1847)
Hymenocallis biflora K.Koch & C.D.Bouché in Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd.
Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 370 (1866)
Hymenocallis disticha (Sims) Herb. in Appendix: 44 (1821)
Hymenocallis dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) M.Roem. (1847)
Hymenocallis insignis Kunth (1850)
Hymenocallis littoralis var. disticha (Sims) Herb. ex Sims & Curtis in Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2621 (1826)
Hymenocallis littoralis var. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Herb. ex Sims in Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2621 (1826)
Hymenocallis niederleinii Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 326 (1889)
Hymenocallis panamensis Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27(Misc.): 67 (1841)
Hymenocallis pedalis Herb. (1821)
Hymenocallis peruviana M.Roem. (1847)
Hymenocallis senegambica Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1848: 12 (1848)
Hymenocallis staplesiana (Herb.) M.Roem. (1847)
Hymenocallis staplesii Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 513 (1830)
Hymenocallis tenuiflora Herb. (1821)
Pancratium americanum Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 7 (1768)
Pancratium distichum Sims in Bot. Mag. 44: t. 1879 (1817)
Pancratium dryanderi Ker Gawl. in J. Sci. Arts (London) 3: 326 (1817)
Pancratium littorale var. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Schult. & Schult.f. in Syst. Veg. 7: 919 (1830)
Pancratium pedale (Herb.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 916 (1830)
Pancratium staplesii (Sweet) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 251 (1841)
Pancratium tenuiflorum (Herb.) Herb. ex Steud. (1841)
Troxistemon distichus (Sims) Raf. (1838)
Troxistemon dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Raf. (1838)

PUBLICATIONS

Alves-Araújo, A., Dutilh, J.H.A. & Alves, M. (2009). Amaryllidaceae s.s., Alliaceae s.s. no Nordeste Brasileiro. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 60: 311-331.

Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.

Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.

Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.

Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Brown, F.B.H. (1931). Flora of Southeastern Polynesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 84: 1-194.

Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.

Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.

Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.

Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.

Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.

Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.

Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.

Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.

Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Smith, A.C. (1979). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 1: 1-495. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.

Stevens, W.D. & al. (eds.) (2001). Flora de Nicaragua 2: 945-1910. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the Flora of Niue: 1-321. Botany Division, Sept. of Sci. and Industrial Research, Christchurch.

Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.

Wester, L. (1985). Checklist of the vascular plants of the Northern Line Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 287: 1-38.

VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: زنبق العنكبوت الشاطئي
Bengali: সৈকত স্পাইডার লিলি
Chinese (simplified): 水鬼蕉 - 水鬼蕉 - 蜘蛛兰）
Chinese (traditional): 水鬼蕉
English: Beach Spider Lily
Finnish: Rantalukinlilja
French: Lys araignée
German: Strand-Spinnenlilie
Guangdong: 水鬼蕉
Hindi: समुद्रतट मकड़ी लिली
Hong Kong: 水鬼蕉
Indonesian: Bakungan
Japanese: ササガニユリ
Korean: 해변거미백합
Macao: 水鬼蕉
Portuguese: Alho-do-mato
Russian: Гименокаллис прибрежный
Spanish: Azucena de agua, Lirio de las costas, Lirio araña
Taiwan: 水鬼蕉
Thai: พลับพลึงตีนเป็ด
Turkish: Sahil örümcek zambağı
Urdu: بیچ مکڑی للی

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