- Scadoxus
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image_caption = "Scadoxus puniceus "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Amaryllidaceae
genus = "Scadoxus"
genus_authority =Raf.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Scadoxus" is a genus of 9 species native to tropical
Africa . The genus has close affinities with "Haemanthus " from which it has only recently been separated.Species in the genus are
*"S. cinnabarinus" (Decne.) I.Friis & I.Nordal - West andCentral Africa
*"S. cyrtanthiflorus" (C.H.Wright) I.Friis & I.Nordal -Ruwenzori mountains between Zaire and Uganda
*"S. longifolius" (De Wild. & Th.Dur.) I.Friis & I.Nordal -West Africa
*"S. membranaceus" (Bak.) I.Friis & I.Nordal -South Africa
*"S. multiflorus" Rafin.
#ssp. "multiflorus" -Senegal and southernArabia in the north down toKwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
#ssp. "katherinae" (Bak.) I.Friis & I.Nordal - southern Africa
#ssp. "longitubus" (C.H.Wright) I.Friis & I.Nordal -West Africa
*"S. nutans" (I.Friis & Bjrnst.) I.Friis & I.Nordal -Ethiopia
*"S. pole-evansii" (Oberm.) I.Friis & I.Nordal -Zimbabwe
*"S. pseudocaulus" (Bjrnst. & I.Friis) I.Friis & I.Nordal -Tropical Africa
*"S. puniceus" (L.) I.Friis & I.Nordal -South Africa ,Tanzania andEthiopia
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