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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Clivia nobilis
| image =
| image_width =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Amaryllidaceae]]
| genus = [[Clivia]]
| species = '''''C. nobilis'''''
| binomial = ''Clivia nobilis''
| binomial_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
}}
'''''Clivia nobilis''''', also called '''Drooping clivia''', is a [[plant]] belonging to the genus ''[[Clivia]]''. It grows to about 38 cm (15 in) of height. It has pendent flowers with [[Scarlet (color)|scarlet]] red and some green.<ref name="Vermeulen 85">Nico Vermeulen:"The Complete Encyclopedia of Container Plants", p. 85. Rebo International, Netherlands, 1998. ISBN 90-366-1584-4</ref><ref name="Botanica 241">"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10,000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 241. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/China/photo9299.htm A picture of ''Clivia nobilis'']
*[http://johnglover.co.uk/index.cfm?glovphot=c.galleryDetail&picID=2319 A picture of ''Clivia nobilis'']