Scadoxus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Scadoxus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 31. Reference page.

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

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.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Chagos Archipelago (introduced), Seychelles.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman (doubtfully present), Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf (introduced).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago (introduced).

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Scadoxus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. 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. .

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