Scadoxus

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Amaryllidoideae
Tribus: Haemantheae
Genus: Scadoxus
Sectiones: S. sect. Choananthus – S. sect. Demeusea – S. sect. Gamolepis – S. sect. Gyaxis – S. sect. Scadoxus
Species: S. cinnabarinus – S. cyrtanthiflorus – S. longifolius – S. membranaceus – S. multiflorus – S. nutans – S. pole-evansii – S. pseudocaulus – S. puniceus
Nothospecies: S. × hybridus

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Scadoxus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31. Reference page.

Name

Scadoxus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838) [1836 publ. 1838].

• Type species: Scadoxus multiflorus Raf.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Nerissa Salisb., Gen. Pl. 131 (1866), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Choananthus Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 237 (1908).
    • Type species: Choananthus cyrtanthiflorus (C.H.Wright) Rendle
  • Demeusea De Wild. & T.Durand, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 39: 77 (1900).
    • Type species: Demeusea longifolia De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Gyaxis Salisb., Gen. Pl. Fragm. 131 (1866).
    • Type species: Gyaxis puniceus (L.) Salisb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Chagos Archipelago (introduced), Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman (doubtfully present), Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf (introduced). Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 19.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Scadoxus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Scadoxus. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 31 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Scadoxus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Scadoxus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul. 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Scadoxus. .

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