- Family: Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Genus: Scadoxus Raf.
Scadoxus puniceus (L.) Friis & Nordal
- Genus: Scadoxus Raf.
[FTEA]
Amaryllidaceae, Inger Nordal (University of Oslo). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb up to 75 cm. tall, with rhizomatous bulb.
- Morphology Leaves
- Petioles forming a false stem 5–50 cm. long; leaf-blade lanceolate to ovate, acute to acuminate, basally attenuate; leaves often produced some time after anthesis.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
- Scape (15–) 20–40 (–75) cm. long; false stem and scape often spotted brown-red to dark violet.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Involucral bracts intact and erect during anthesis, lanceolate to spathulate or rhombic, sometimes hastate, (2.5–)3–8.5 cm. long, (0.7–)1–3.5 (–4) cm. broad, red (in East Africa) to brown, violet or even green.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence conical, ±(20–) 30–100-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels 1–2.5(–3.5)cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth colour pink to scarlet, outside East Africa also yellow-green and greenish pink, segments often paler than filaments; perianth-tube cylindrical, 0.3–1.2 cm. long; segments erect to somewhat patent, linear, 1.3–2.7 cm. long, 0.7–2(–2.5) mm. broad, (1–)3(–5)-nerved.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Filaments filiform, 1.5–3.5 cm. long at anthesis, anthers 1–3 mm. long, red or yellow.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Berries 5–10 mm. in diameter.
- Habitat
- Montane forests, stream valleys or swamps on ground or epiphytic; 2000–2700 m. Outside East Africa also in drier vegetation types and at lower altitudes.
- Distribution
- T4 T7
[FZ]
Flora Zambesiaca Amaryllidaceae by C. Zimudzi, R.H. Archer, E.G. Kwembeya & I. Nordal
- Morphology General Habit
- Bulbous herb up to 60 cm tall with a pseudostem 3–10 cm long.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves ovate to ovate lanceolate, acute to almost obtuse, basally attenuate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
- Scape up to 36 cm long; involucral bracts intact and erect at anthesis, lanceolate or obovate, ± hastate, 3.6–5.9(7.6) × 1.6–3.2(5.8) cm, reddish to brownish.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence conical, (16)66–150 flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth tube 0.4–0.6 cm long; segments greenish to reddish, linear, 11–15 × 0.6–1 mm, erect, most often 1-nerved.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels (0.8)2–3(3.8) cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments 1.4–2.1 cm long at anthesis; anthers 1–1.6(2.6) mm long, yellowish in colour.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Berries red, up to 1 cm in diameter.
- Distribution
- A heterogenous and widespread species with a disjunct distribution in southern Africa north to Ethiopia.
- Ecology
- Occurs in woodland and forest; 10–1400 m.
- Conservation
- Conservation notes: Moderately widespread; not threatened. Considered Data Deficient in Zimbabwe (Sabonet Red Data List 2002).
Native to:
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Scadoxus puniceus (L.) Friis & Nordal appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15601.000 | ||||
| Gumbleton [s.n.], South Africa | K000366067 | holotype | ||
| Krelage [s.n.], South Africa | K000366066 | lectotype | ||
| Strickland, C.W. [s.n.], South Africa | K000366065 | syntype | ||
| Scheepers, J.C. [771], South Africa | K000366063 | isoneotype | ||
| Scheepers, J.C. [771], South Africa | K000366064 | isoneotype | ||
| Brown, G. [114], Tanzania | Haemanthus goetzei | 42900.000 |
First published in Norweg. J. Bot. 23: 64 (1976)
Accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Nordal, I. (1982). Amaryllidaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-30.
- Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 158 (1997).
- in Norw. J. Bot. 23: 64 (1976).
- ―Nordal in F.T.E.A, Amaryllidaceae: 5 (1982);
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Nordal, I. (1982). Amaryllidaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-30.
- Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Friis & Nordal in Norw. Journ. Bot. 23:64(1976).
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