# Proiphys amboinensis
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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Cardwell lily
| taxon = Proiphys amboinensis
| image = Cardwell Lilies.JPG
| image_caption = In [Cooktown](/source/Cooktown), Queensland
| authority = ([L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)) [Herb.](/source/William_Herbert_(botanist))[{{cite POWO | title = ''Proiphys amboinensis'' | id = 66645-1 | access-date = 22 October 2023}}]
| synonyms= {{collapsible list|
*''Amaryllis rotundifolia'' Lam.
*''Cearia amboinensis'' (L.) Dumort.
*''Cepa amboinensis'' (L.) Kuntze
*''Crinum nervosum'' L'Hér.
*''Eurycles alata'' Sweet
*''Eurycles amboinensis'' (L.) Lindl. ex Loudon
*''Eurycles australasica'' (Ker Gawl.) G.Don
*''Eurycles coronata'' Sweet
*''Eurycles javanica'' M.Roem.
*''Eurycles nervosa'' G.Don
*''Eurycles nuda'' Sweet
*''Eurycles rotundifolia'' M.Roem.
*''Pancratium amboinense'' L.[{{cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=Carl von |author-link=Carl Linnaeus |year=1753 |entry=Pancratium amboinense |title=Species Plantarum |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358310#page/303/mode/1up |volume= 1 |page=291 |via= Biodiversity Heritage Library}}]
*''Pancratium australasicum'' Ker Gawl.
*''Pancratium nervifolium'' Salisb.
*''Pancratium ovatifolium'' Stokes
*''Stemonix nervosus'' (L'Hér.) Raf.[{{cite book |last=Rafinesque |first=Constantine Samuel |author-link= Constantine Samuel Rafinesque |date=1833 |title=Stemonix nervosus= |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |publisher=Atlantic Journal, and Friend of Knowledge |page=165}}]
}}
| synonyms_ref = [{{cite web | title = ''Proiphys amboinensis'' | url = https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/proiphys_amboinensis.htm | work = Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants | access-date = 22 October 2023}}] and '''northern Christmas lily'''{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} (as it usually flowers around Christmas). It is considered native to [Thailand](/source/Thailand), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) ([Maluku](/source/Maluku_Islands), [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi), [Bali](/source/Bali), [Lombok](/source/Lombok), [Timor](/source/Timor)), the [Philippines](/source/Philippines), the [Bismark Archipelago](/source/Bismark_Archipelago), [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) and [Australia](/source/Australia) ([Queensland](/source/Queensland) and [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)).[{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp14/proiphys-genus.html |title=The genus ''Proiphys'' |last=Mullins |first=Effie |date=2012 |website=Growing Native Plants |publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens and Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research |access-date=7 April 2015}}] It is also naturalized in [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands), [Niue](/source/Niue), [Society Islands](/source/Society_Islands), [Caroline Islands](/source/Caroline_Islands) and [Mariana Islands](/source/Mariana_Islands).[{{cite journal |last1=Fay |first1=Michael F. |last2=Chase |first2=Mark W. |date=1996 |title=Resurrection of Themidaceae for the ''Brodiaea'' alliance, and Recircumscription of Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Agapanthoideae |journal=Taxon |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=441–451 |doi= 10.2307/1224136|jstor=1224136 }}]
== Taxonomy ==
Its species epithet ''amboinensis'' was named after the island of Ambonia, now [Ambon](/source/Ambon_Island) in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia).[{{cite journal |last1=Geernick |first1=D. J. L. |title=Amaryllidaceae |date=1993 |url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/532603 |journal=Flora Malesiana |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages= 353–373 |via=Naturalis Institutional Repository}}]{{rp|366}} It prefers open, lightly shaded rainforests.[{{Cite web |url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:306345 |title=''Proiphys amboinensis'' (L.) Herb. |website=[Atlas of Living Australia](/source/Atlas_of_Living_Australia) |publisher=National Research Infrastructure of Australia |access-date=7 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045130/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:306345 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}] it grows quickly after the arrival of the wet season in Australia.[{{cite book |last=Scarth-Johnson |first=Vera |year=2000 |title=National Treasures: Flowering Plants of Cooktown and Northern Australia |location= |publisher=Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association |page= |isbn=0-646-39726-5}}]{{page needed|date=March 2024}} Its leaves are ovate and nearly circular measuring 20–30 cm long and 15–35 cm wide from stalks between 15 and 60 centimetres long.[Beasley, John. 2006. ''Plants of Tropical North Queensland: the Compact Guide''. Footloose Publications, Kuranda. {{ISBN|1-876617-13-6}}.][Herbert, William. 1821. Appendix 42, ''Proiphys amboinensis'']