Scadoxus multiflorus

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
Sectio: S. sect. Scadoxus
Species: Scadoxus multiflorus
Subspecies: S. m. subsp. katherinae – S. m. subsp. longitubus – S. m. subsp. multiflorus

Name

Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn, Monogr.: s.p., t. (1795).
• Homotypic
  • Amaryllis multiflora (Martyn) Tratt., Ausw. Merkw. Gartenpfl.: 37 (1821).
  • Nerissa multiflorus (Martyn) Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 131 (1866), comb. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, 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, 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Scadoxus multiflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 7. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Blood lily
português: Flor de Natal

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