Scadoxus

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   bulbous

Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Features: flowers
Scientific Names

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Scadoxus is a genus of 9 species native to tropical Africa. The genus has close affinities with Haemanthus.

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Species

Species in the genus are

  1. ssp. multiflorus - Senegal and southern Arabia in the north down to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
  2. ssp. katherinae (Bak.) I.Friis & I.Nordal - southern Africa
  3. ssp. longitubus (C.H.Wright) I.Friis & I.Nordal - West Africa

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