Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus

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Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Scadoxus
Species: S. cyrtanthiflorus
Binomial name
Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus
(C.H.Wright) I.Friis & Nordal (1976)[1]
Synonyms

Choananthus cyrtanthiflorus (C.H.Wright) Rendle
Choananthus wollastoni Rendle
Haemanthus cyrtanthiflorus C.H.Wright [2]

Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus is a member of the family Amaryllidaceae and a genus of Scadoxus with pendant, tubular flowers[3] that can be found growing on the Ruwenzori Range of mountains in East tropical Africa.[4] S. cyrtanthiflorus is not known to be cultivated.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Plant Name Details (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  2. ^ Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus (C.H.Wright) Friis & Nordal record n° 16305 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  3. ^ a b James E. Shields (2004-01-31). The Amaryllis Family: Scadoxus (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  4. ^ H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke (2 March 2006). Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones (HTML). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
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