- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
Scadoxus Raf.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Vegetative Multiplication Bulbs
- Bulbs with distinct rhizomatous part
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petioles sheathing to form a false stem
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Many-flowered inflorescence subtended by 4 or more, free or partly fused involucral bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers pink to red, on long pedicels, with a distinct narrowly cylindrical tube and spreading linear segments
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Filaments red, filiform and semipatent; anthers yellow, small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits red berries with 1–3 rather large seeds with pale testa.
- Distribution
- Nine species in tropical Africa south to Natal, the only species in Somalia also reaching the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
- Note
- The species of Scadoxus were up to recently referred to Haemanthus L., which is, however, a distinct genus restricted to South Africa.
[FTEA]
Amaryllidaceae, Inger Nordal (University of Oslo). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982
- Morphology General Habit
- Rhizomatous or bulb with a distinct rhizomatous part
- Morphology Leaves
- Petioles often sheathing and forming a false stem; leaf-blade lanceolate to ovate, glabrous, thin apart from midrib
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Scape solid, lateral or apparently central among the leaves; involucral bracts 4–many, soon drooping and withering or erect and conspicuous at anthesis
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers many, regular, red to pink, with tube and free segments, usually erect and hypocrateriform, more rarely pendulous and infundibuliform; segments with±distinctglandular hairs at apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments from the base of the perianth-segments, filiform or flattened
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary globose, with 1–2 ovules per locule; style with undivided to minutely tricuspidate stigma
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a globose berry, orange to red
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 1–3, globose, with pale testa.
[FZ]
Flora Zambesiaca Amaryllidaceae by C. Zimudzi, R.H. Archer, E.G. Kwembeya & I. Nordal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary globose, with 1–2 ovules per locule; style with undivided to minutely tricuspidate stigma.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbaceous plants; bulb with a well-developed rhizomatous part.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves lanceolate to ovate, glabrous, thin apart from distinct midrib; appearing during or after flowering.
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petioles sheathing and forming a distinct pseudostem.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
- Scape solid, lateral or central among the leaves; involucral bracts 4 to several, differing in size, either drooping, soon withering, or erect and conspicuous at anthesis.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers many, regular, red to pink, with cylindrical tube and free segments.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments from base of perianth segments, filiform (rarely flattened).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a globose berry, orange to red; seeds 1–3, globose, with pale testa.
- Ecology
- A genus of 9 woodland and forest species in Subsaharan Africa, reaching Yemen.
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
- Scadoxus cinnabarinus (Decne.) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus (C.H.Wright) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus longifolius (De Wild. & T.Durand) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus membranaceus (Baker) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf.
- Scadoxus nutans (Friis & I.Bjørnstad) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus pole-evansii (Oberm.) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus pseudocaulus (I.Bjørnstad & Friis) Friis & Nordal
- Scadoxus puniceus (L.) Friis & Nordal
Scadoxus Raf. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
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)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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