Scadoxus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Amaryllidoideae
Tribus: Haemantheae
Genus: Scadoxus
Sectiones: S. sect. Choananthus – S. sect. Demeusea – S. sect. Gamolepis – S. sect. Gyaxis – S. sect. Scadoxus
Species: S. cinnabarinus – S. cyrtanthiflorus – S. longifolius – S. membranaceus – S. multiflorus – S. nutans – S. pole-evansii – S. pseudocaulus – S. puniceus
Nothospecies: S. × hybridus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Scadoxus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31. Reference page.

Name

Scadoxus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838) [1836 publ. 1838].

Type species: Scadoxus multiflorus Raf.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Nerissa Salisb., Gen. Pl. 131 (1866), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
Choananthus Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 237 (1908).
Type species: Choananthus cyrtanthiflorus (C.H.Wright) Rendle
Demeusea De Wild. & T.Durand, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 39: 77 (1900).
Type species: Demeusea longifolia De Wild. & T.Durand
Gyaxis Salisb., Gen. Pl. Fragm. 131 (1866).
Type species: Gyaxis puniceus (L.) Salisb.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 19.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Scadoxus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Scadoxus. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 31 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Scadoxus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31.
Tropicos.org 2018. Scadoxus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul. 2018.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Scadoxus. .