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| Paintbrush lily | |
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| Scadoxus puniceus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Scadoxus |
| Species: | S. puniceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scadoxus puniceus | |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Scadoxus puniceus (L.) Friis & Nordal". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Scadoxus puniceus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-12.