Amaryllidaceae

Scadoxus Raf.

First published in Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Oman

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838).
  • ―Friis & Nordal in Norw. J. Bot. 23: 63–77 (1976).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by I. Nordal [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Friis & Nordal in Norw. J. Bot. 23: 64 (1976).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Tell. part 4: 19 (1838)
  • Friis & Nordal in Norw. Journ. Bot. 23: 64 (1976)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Lawesson, J. [5403] Ethiopia K002460339 No
Festo, L.; Laizer, G.; Luke, Q.; Luke, P. [2849] Tanzania K002460529 Yes
Ash, J. [272] Ethiopia K:SPC-33331.000 No
Forman, L.L. [57] K002460761 Yes
[Nuo] [s.n.] K002460763 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [654] Cameroon K001383703 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002460760 Yes
Schyff, V.D. [3250] South Africa K002460708 Yes
[Nur] [s.n.] K002460764 Yes
Forman, L.L. [57] K002460762 Yes
Buijsman, M. [113] Indonesia K002460766 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002460765 Yes
Lovett, J.; Lovett, J. [2069] Tanzania K002460531 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002460759 Yes
Wood, C.H.S. [c/Jar 6] Uganda K:SPC-45577.000 No
Onochie; Okafar [36064] Nigeria K:SPC-29993.000 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [20620] Tanzania K002460530 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0