Amaryllidaceae
Scadoxus

Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf.

First published in Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, 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

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
  • 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 Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838).
  • in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 158 (1997).
  • ―Friis & Nordal in Norw. J. Bot. 23: 64 (1976).
  • ―Nordal in F.T.E.A., Amaryllidaceae: 4 (1982);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (1986). Flore du Gabon 28: 1-60. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  • 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.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Friis & Nordal in Norw. Journ. Bot. 23: 64(1976).
  • Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2023 Darbyshire, I. ; Zappi ; Rommens ; Galla ; Nana ; Taranovski [127] Cameroon K001495563 Yes
Mar 1, 2006 Darbyshire, I. [312] Cameroon K000339031 Yes
Barter, E. [1505] Nigeria K000366093 Holotype Yes
[Katende a Shail] [s.n.] Uganda K002460368 No
Etuge, M.; Nkankano Peter; Roberts; Njume [5318] Cameroon K001422432 Yes
Myres [133] Zimbabwe K:SPC-45587.000 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [11282] Ethiopia K002460313 Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-42895.000 No
Pollard, B.J. [369] Cameroon K001518262 Yes
s.coll. [692] Tanzania K002460473 No
s.coll. [312] Tanzania K002460469 No
Hood, J.A. K:SPC-42902.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [869] Uganda K:SPC-15604.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [97] Tanzania K:SPC-19086.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7672] Tanzania K:SPC-38424.000 No
Cox, J.K. [80] Ghana K:SPC-15603.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [1293] Nigeria K:SPC-30495.000 No
K:SPC-15602.000 No
s.coll. [5] Tanzania K002460471 No
K:SPC-17338.000 No
Frontier-Tanzania, T. [2540] Tanzania K002460428 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4442] Zambia K:SPC-10054.000 No
Welwitsch [4009] Angola K000366082 Type Yes
Friis, I.; Alstrup, V.; Michelson, A. [4677] Somalia K002460334 No
s.coll. [1039] Tanzania K002460472 No
s.coll. [112] Tanzania K002460470 No
K:SPC-45596.000 No
Mar 1, 1974 Richards, H.M. [6993] Zambia Haemanthus multiflorus K001770274 Yes
Mar 1, 1974 Scott Elliot, G.F. [8273] Haemanthus multiflorus K001770272 Yes
Mar 1, 1974 Scott Elliot, G.F. [8303] Zambia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460448 Yes
Mar 1, 1974 Burtt, B.D. [283] Tanzania Haemanthus multiflorus K002460455 Yes
Mar 1, 1974 Burtt, B.D. [282] Tanzania Haemanthus multiflorus K001770273 Yes
Mar 1, 1974 Scott Elliot, G.F. [5462a] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460145 Yes
Mar 1, 1974 Scott Elliot, G.F. [5540] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K001770275 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Jones, E.W. [s.n.] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460191 Yes
Eimunjeze; Ekwuno; Onijamowo [FHI 70362] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460182 No
Hepburn, I.D. [s.n.] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460192 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [585] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460149 Yes
{Mrs. Aglen} [38] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460276 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [D156] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460165 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1809] Central African Republic Haemanthus multiflorus K001732710 Yes
{Sir John Londer Maffey} [s.n.] South Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460279 Yes
{Ash} [274] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460298 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J. [3533] Tanzania Haemanthus multiflorus K002460772 Yes
s.coll. [M17] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460161 No
Ern, H.; Leuenberger, B.; Scholz, H.; Scholz, U.; Schwarz, W. [1543] Togo Haemanthus multiflorus K002460170 Yes
Piffard, F. [27] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460299 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [567] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460173 Yes
Barker, A. [1218] Liberia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460158 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1293] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460194 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7147] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460278 Yes
s.coll. [SL3514] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460150 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [97] Tanzania Haemanthus multiflorus K002460430 Yes
Hall, J.B. [cc773] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460163 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1306] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460152 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [1183] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460200 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5778] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460153 Yes
Pampanini, R. [100] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460193 Yes
[F. C. D.] [629] Haemanthus multiflorus K002460130 Yes
s.coll. [[15]] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460156 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [130] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460188 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E; Gilbert, M.G. [305] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460293 Yes
[Schneinfurth, G.] [1934] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K001732706 Yes
Sihvoner [50] Burkina Faso Haemanthus multiflorus K002460160 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1384] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K001732707 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5340] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460141 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL1776] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460137 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [12] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460154 Yes
Migeod, F. [319] Cameroon Haemanthus multiflorus K002460174 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4754] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460144 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2123] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460282 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2608] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460151 Yes
{Haba, P.M.; Xander van der Burgt; Haba, P.; Traoré, A.} [127] Guinea Haemanthus multiflorus K000580621 Yes
Small, D. [731] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460203 Yes
Brunt, M. [156] Cameroon Haemanthus multiflorus K002460197 Yes
Noble, H.L. (Mrs.) [50] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460172 Yes
Petherick, C. [s.n.] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460291 Yes
s.coll. [113] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460190 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC 36790] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460168 Yes
Bowden, J. [62] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460180 No
Morton, J.K. [A4168] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460162 Yes
Migeod, F.M. [319] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460175 No
Ruxton, J.P. [9] Gambia, The Haemanthus multiflorus K002460133 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [22866] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460183 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [252] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460196 No
{Tonkolili Plants; Xander van der Burgt; Kanu, K.; Sesay, J.} [968] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K000023724 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460157 No
Simpson, N.D. [7147] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460280 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [19192] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460177 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1611] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460164 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [177] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460155 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2773] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460142 Yes
Small, D. [731] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460202 Yes
Ash, J.W. [274] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460297 Yes
s.coll. [7147] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460292 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [167] Cameroon Haemanthus multiflorus K002460195 No
{Barker} [s.n.] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460148 Yes
Ash, J.W. [442 [274]] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460294 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3809] Ghana Haemanthus multiflorus K002460166 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2123] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460281 Yes
Thornewill, A.S. [168] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460187 Yes
[Burke] [s.n.] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460147 Yes
Elliott, W.R. [59] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460179 No
Myers, J.G. [6567] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460287 Yes
Millson, A. [65] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460176 Yes
Myers, J.G. [8758] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460286 Yes
van der Burgt, X.M.; Poveda, L.L.; James, M.; Kanu, K.; Sokpo, S.O.; Momoh, J. [1544] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K000745661 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [20] Cameroon Haemanthus multiflorus K002460198 Yes
Hepburn, I.D. [20] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460184 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [s.n.] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460171 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15074] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460300 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [4905] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460186 Yes
Marmo, V. [280] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460140 Yes
{MacIntosh, D. (Mrs)} [129] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460290 Yes
Sihvoner [325] Burkina Faso Haemanthus multiflorus K002460159 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [115] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460135 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL876] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460138 Yes
Roberty, G. [17284] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460136 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [321] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460139 Yes
Marmo, V. [277] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460143 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1815] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460284 Yes
Pfund [297] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460285 Yes
B. G. B Shaw[eag] [6] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460185 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7147] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K001732709 Yes
Lawesson, J.E.; Goudiaby, A. [7058] Senegal Haemanthus multiflorus K002460131 Yes
{Warnock} [92] Togo Haemanthus multiflorus K002460169 Yes
Quarre, P. [2675] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Haemanthus multiflorus K002460768 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4729] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460146 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5524] Ethiopia Haemanthus multiflorus K002460296 Yes
{Bates} [3423] Niger Haemanthus multiflorus K002460189 Yes
Swarbrick, J.T. [2583] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460181 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Haemanthus multiflorus K002460178 No
Wickens, G.E. [2123] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460283 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [146] Sierra Leone Haemanthus multiflorus K002460201 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1910] Sudan Haemanthus multiflorus K002460277 Yes

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