Scadoxus puniceus

For other plants called "paintbrush lily", see Paintbrush lily.

Paintbrush lily
Scadoxus puniceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Scadoxus
Species:
S. puniceus
Binomial name
Scadoxus puniceus
In Magaliesberg
Plate by Walter Hood Fitch
in Curtis' Botanical Magazine

Scadoxus puniceus, commonly known as the paintbrush lily,[1][2][3] is a species of bulbous plant. It is native to much of southern and eastern Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), and South Africa (the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and the Northern Provinces).[4] Scadoxus puniceus can be found in cool, shady habitat such as ravines and forests, where it is often found in moist leaf litter. Other common names include snake lily, royal paintbrush, King-of-Candida,[1] African blood lily (English),[2] rooikwas (Afrikaans), isisphompho, and umgola (Zulu).[3] There are nine species of Scadoxus of which three, S. puniceus, S. multiflorus (with 2 subspecies) and S.membranaceus, occur in South Africa.

  1. ^ a b Koorbanally, N. A.; Raghoo, M. & Crouch, N. R. (2006). "Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Scadoxus puniceus" (PDF). The American Society of Pharmacognosy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Scadoxus puniceus (L.) I. Friis & Nordal". Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Scadoxus puniceus (L.) Friis & Nordal". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Scadoxus puniceus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-12.