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Spider lily
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<p class="note">"Spider Lilies" redirects here. For the 2007 Taiwanese film, see <a href="/facts/Spider_Lilies_(film)/Qkhe5AuM">Spider Lilies (film)</a>.</p> Look up <i>spider lily</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>Spider lily is the common name for a number of different plant species within the subfamily <a href="/facts/Amaryllidoideae/qRGkY8dI">Amaryllidoideae</a> which belong to the following genera: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Crinum/n4kc9VhE">Crinum</a></i>, 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</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hymenocallis/yc6fQ0rQ">Hymenocallis</a></i>, a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lycoris_(plant)/8VjtY8y1"><i>Lycoris</i></a>, a genus of 13–20 species of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, formerly often treated in the family Liliaceae</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Nerine/BceEna0D">Nerine</a></i>, a genus of about 20–30 species of South African plants in the family Amaryllidaceae</li></ul> Plants called spider lily