Spider lily


title: "Spider lily" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public topic_path: "uncategorized" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_lily" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Spider lily is the common name for a number of different plant species within the subfamily Amaryllidoideae which belong to the following genera:

  • Crinum, a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants in the family Amaryllidaceae found along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, including South Africa
  • Hymenocallis, a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae
  • Lycoris, a genus of 13–20 species of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, formerly often treated in the family Liliaceae
  • Nerine, a genus of about 20–30 species of South African plants in the family Amaryllidaceae

|title=Plants called spider lily |width=250 |height=170 |File:Fraser Island wildflower.jpg|Crinum |File:Amaryllidaceae Spider Lily.jpg|Hymenocallis in Malaysia |File:Lycoris radiata Higanbana in a woods.jpg|Lycoris ||Nerine

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