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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.
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
Brown, F.B.H. (1931). Flora of Southeastern Polynesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 84: 1-194.
Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
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.
Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Smith, A.C. (1979). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 1: 1-495. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
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: Bakungan, Spider lily, Beach spider lily
Hindi: समुद्रतट मकड़ी लिली
Indonesian: Bakungan
Japanese: ササガニユリ
Korean: 해변거미백합
Thai: พลับพลึงตีนเป็ด
Urdu: بیچ مکڑی للی
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Location: Limbangan, Kendal Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
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#Dlium
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.
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
Brown, F.B.H. (1931). Flora of Southeastern Polynesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 84: 1-194.
Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
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.
Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Smith, A.C. (1979). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 1: 1-495. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
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: Bakungan, Spider lily, Beach spider lily
Hindi: समुद्रतट मकड़ी लिली
Indonesian: Bakungan
Japanese: ササガニユリ
Korean: 해변거미백합
Thai: พลับพลึงตีนเป็ด
Urdu: بیچ مکڑی للی
Learn more: dlium.com/2025/03/beach-spider-lily-hymenocallis.html
Location: Limbangan, Kendal Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
Aryo Bandoro
Dlium TheDlium
Web: dlium.com
