# Proiphys

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{{short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Proiphys
|image = Cardwell Lily flower.JPG
|image_caption = ''[Proiphys amboinensis](/source/Proiphys_amboinensis)''
|authority = [Herb.](/source/William_Herbert_(botanist))<ref name="Appendix: 42 1821">Appendix: 42 (1821).</ref><ref name=APNI>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=PROIPHYS|title=''Proiphys'' |accessdate=2008-11-01|work= [Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}</ref>
|synonyms_ref=<ref name="RBG"/>
|synonyms =  
* ''Cearia'' <small>Dumort.</small>
* ''Eurycles'' <small>Drapiez</small>
* ''Stemonix'' <small>Raf.</small>
|}}

'''''Proiphys''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [herbaceous](/source/herbaceous), [perennial](/source/perennial) and [bulbous plants](/source/bulb) in the family [Amaryllidaceae](/source/Amaryllidaceae), subfamily [Amaryllidoideae](/source/Amaryllidoideae).<ref>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F.  |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#AllAma }}</ref> It includes 5 accepted species<ref name="KEW">{{cite web |title=Proiphys Herb. : Plants of the World Online |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1602-1#children |website=Royal Botanic Garden Kew Science |accessdate=August 10, 2019}}</ref> that are native to [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia), [Papuasia](/source/Papuasia), and [Australia](/source/Australia).<ref name="AUS">Effie Mullins, 1989. [http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp14/proiphys-genus.html The genus Proiphys]. Australian National Botanical Gardens. Accessed May 26, 2009.</ref>

;Species<ref name="RBG">Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do World Checklist of Monocotyledons: ''Proiphys '']. Accessed May 26, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Proiphys Atlas of Living Australia, genus ''Proiphys'']</ref>

*''[Proiphys alba](/source/Proiphys_alba)'' <small>([R.Br.](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773)))[Mabb.](/source/Mabb.)</small><ref name="Taxon 29: 601 1980">Taxon 29: 601 (1980).</ref> - [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [Qld](/source/Queensland), [NT](/source/Northern_Territory), [WA](/source/Western_Australia)
*''[Proiphys amboinensis](/source/Proiphys_amboinensis)'' <small> ([L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)) Herb.</small><ref name="Appendix: 42 1821"/> - [Thailand](/source/Thailand), [Philippines](/source/Philippines), [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi), [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands), [Papuasia](/source/Papuasia), [Qld](/source/Queensland), [WA](/source/Western_Australia); known as "Cardwell Lily"<ref name=GNP>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=ADRIANA|title=''Adriana'' |accessdate=2008-11-01|work= [Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}</ref>
*''[Proiphys cunninghamii](/source/Proiphys_cunninghamii)'' <small> ([Aiton](/source/William_Aiton) ex [Lindl.](/source/John_Lindley)) Mabb.</small><ref name="Taxon 29: 601 1980"/>  - [Qld](/source/Queensland), [NSW](/source/New_South_Wales); known as "Brisbane Lily" or "Moreton Bay Lily"<ref name=GNP/>
*''[Proiphys infundibularis](/source/Proiphys_infundibularis)'' <small> [D.L.Jones](/source/David_L._Jones_(botanist)) & [Dowe](/source/John_Leslie_Dowe)</small><ref>Austrobaileya 6: 121 (2001).</ref> - [Qld](/source/Queensland)
*''[Proiphys kimberleyensis](/source/Proiphys_kimberleyensis)'' <small> [M.D.Barrett](/source/M._D._Barrett_(botanist)) & [R.L.Barrett](/source/R.L._Barrett)</small><ref name="P.Kimberleyensis">{{cite web |title=Proiphys kimberleyensis M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett {{!}} Plants of the Word Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77153318-1 |website=Kew Science |accessdate=August 10, 2019}}</ref> - [Northwestern Australia](/source/Northwestern_Australia)

==Uses==
Their flowers and leaves make them desirable garden subjects, but they are not widely cultivated as ornamental plants.<ref name="AUS"/>

==References==
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Category:Amaryllidaceae genera
Category:Amaryllidoideae
Category:Taxa named by William Herbert (botanist)

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