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Scadoxus multiflorus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Emerging flower head - Click to enlarge!

Emerging flower head; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Opeining flower head - Click to enlarge!

Opeining flower head; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Singular flower - Click to enlarge!

Singular flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Singular flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Singular flower side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Infructescence close-up - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence close-up; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scadoxus multiflorus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Internal reference: 499
Date of entry: 15.03.2007
Last update: 23.05.2014

Common name

English: African Blood Lily

German: Blutblume

Portuguese: Estrela de Natal, Lírio-sangu-salmão

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2512)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2411)

    Class: Liliopsida (371)

      Order: Liliales (113)

        Family: Amaryllidaceae (25) (family description)

          Genus: Scadoxus (1)

           Epithet: multiflorus (Martyn) Rafin. (2)

Synonym: Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn

multiflorus => many flowered

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

External links

Check for Scadoxus multiflorus at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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