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Scadoxus puniceus

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Internal ID UUID6440224133bb4446365631
Scientific name Scadoxus puniceus
Authority (L.) Friis & Nordal
First published in Norweg. J. Bot. 23: 64 (1976)

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This is a summary of Scadoxus puniceus, commonly known as the paintbrush lily. It is native to much of southern and eastern Africa, and can be found in cool, shady habitat such as ravines and forests. It has nine species, with three occurring in South Africa. It has bright red, round fruits that are about a centimeter wide, and each produces a single opalescent seed. It is cultivated as an ornamental, and some artificial hybrids between Scadoxus puniceus and S. multiflorus subsp. katherinae are known. It is traditionally used to treat various ailments, and the alkaloids in the plant include haemanthamines, haemanthidine, 6-β-hydroxycrinamine, scapunine, and scadoxucines.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Haemanthus fax-imperii Cufod. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp. : 326 (1939)
Haemanthus goetzei Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 276 (1901)
Haemanthus insignis Hook. Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4745 (1853)
Haemanthus magnificus Herb. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27(Misc.): 71 (1841)
Haemanthus natalensis Hook. Bot. Mag. 89: t. 5378 (1863)
Haemanthus orchidifolius Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 217 (1796)
Haemanthus puniceus L. Sp. Pl. : 325 (1753)
Haemanthus redouteanus M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 38 (1847)
Haemanthus superbus hort. ex Baker Handb. Amaryll. : 66 (1888)
Gyaxis puniceus Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 131 (1866)
Haemanthus puniceus var. fortuita Herb. Amaryllidaceae 233. 1837
Haemanthus puniceus var. magnificus Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3870. 1841
Haemanthus redouteanus var. subalbus M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 38. 1847

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans mieliegifbol
Chinese 火焰网球花

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000737730
Tropicos 1200168
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66769-1
The Plant List kew-287361
Open Tree Of Life 69827
NCBI Taxonomy 59038
IPNI 66769-1
iNaturalist 153154
GBIF 2860719
Freebase /m/03cdwfp
EPPO SDXPU
EOL 1082230
USDA GRIN 412330
Wikipedia Scadoxus_puniceus

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Acetylcholinesterase enzyme among cancer patients a potential diagnostic and prognostic indicator a multicenter case–control study Ahmed GY, Osman AA, Mukhtar A Sci Rep 01-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10907625
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-55604-6
PMID:38429330
Ethnoveterinary Study of Plant-Based Remedies for Treating Diseases in Small Ruminants in Maputo Province, Mozambique Barbosa FM, Cala AC, Sevastyanov V, Boane E, Hlashwayo DF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10569895
doi:10.1155/2023/1842870
PMID:37842333
Potential of Selected African Medicinal Plants as Alternative Therapeutics against Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria Moiketsi BN, Makale KP, Rantong G, Rahube TO, Makhzoum A Biomedicines 22-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10604549
doi:10.3390/biomedicines11102605
PMID:37892979
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1478–1549 Crous PW, Osieck ER, Shivas RG, Tan YP, Bishop-Hurley SL, Esteve-Raventós F, Larsson E, Luangsa-ard JJ, Pancorbo F, Balashov S, Baseia IG, Boekhout T, Chandranayaka S, Cowan DA, Cruz RH, Czachura P, De la Peña-Lastra S, Dovana F, Drury B, Fell J, Flakus A, Fotedar R, Jurjević Ž, Kolecka A, Mack J, Maggs-Kölling G, Mahadevakumar S, Mateos A, Mongkolsamrit S, Noisripoom W, Plaza M, Overy DP, Piątek M, Sandoval-Denis M, Vauras J, Wingfield MJ, Abell SE, Ahmadpour A, Akulov A, Alavi F, Alavi Z, Altés A, Alvarado P, Anand G, Ashtekar N, Assyov B, Banc-Prandi G, Barbosa KD, Barreto GG, Bellanger JM, Bezerra JL, Bhat DJ, Bilański P, Bose T, Bozok F, Chaves J, Costa-Rezende DH, Danteswari C, Darmostuk V, Delgado G, Denman S, Eichmeier A, Etayo J, Eyssartier G, Faulwetter S, Ganga KG, Ghosta Y, Goh J, Góis JS, Gramaje D, Granit L, Groenewald M, Gulden G, Gusmão LF, Hammerbacher A, Heidarian Z, Hywel-Jones N, Jankowiak R, Kaliyaperumal M, Kaygusuz O, Kezo K, Khonsanit A, Kumar S, Kuo CH, Læssøe T, Latha KP, Loizides M, Luo SM, Maciá-Vicente JG, Manimohan P, Marbach PA, Marinho P, Marney TS, Marques G, Martín MP, Miller AN, Mondello F, Moreno G, Mufeeda KT, Mun HY, Nau T, Nkomo T, Okrasińska A, Oliveira JP, Oliveira RL, Ortiz DA, Pawłowska J, Pérez-De-Gregorio MÀ, Podile AR, Portugal A, Privitera N, Rajeshkumar KC, Rauf I, Rian B, Rigueiro-Rodríguez A, Rivas-Torres GF, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Romero-Gordillo M, Saar I, Saba M, Santos CD, Sarma PV, Siquier JL, Sleiman S, Spetik M, Sridhar KR, Stryjak-Bogacka M, Szczepańska K, Taşkın H, Tennakoon DS, Thanakitpipattana D, Trovão J, Türkekul İ, van Iperen AL, van ’t Hof P, Vasquez G, Visagie CM, Wingfield BD, Wong PT, Yang WX, Yarar M, Yarden O, Yilmaz N, Zhang N, Zhu YN, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 29-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10983837
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.50.05
PMID:38567263
Advances on the Amaryllidacea Alkaloids Collected in South Africa, Andean South America and the Mediterranean Basin Evidente A Molecules 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10224442
doi:10.3390/molecules28104055
PMID:37241796
Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Challenges, Future Directions and Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Neuroprotection Shoaib S, Ansari MA, Fatease AA, Safhi AY, Hani U, Jahan R, Alomary MN, Ansari MN, Ahmed N, Wahab S, Ahmad W, Yusuf N, Islam N Pharmaceutics 23-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10057544
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15030749
PMID:36986610
Natural Inhibitors of Cholinesterases: Chemistry, Structure–Activity and Methods of Their Analysis Smyrska-Wieleba N, Mroczek T Int J Mol Sci 01-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9916849
doi:10.3390/ijms24032722
PMID:36769043
An Inventory of Anthelmintic Plants across the Globe Ahmed H, Kilinc SG, Celik F, Kesik HK, Simsek S, Ahmad KS, Afzal MS, Farrakh S, Safdar W, Pervaiz F, Liaqat S, Zhang J, Cao J Pathogens 13-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9866317
doi:10.3390/pathogens12010131
PMID:36678480
Natural Products Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidases—Potential New Drug Leads for Neuroprotection, Neurological Disorders, and Neuroblastoma Chaurasiya ND, Leon F, Muhammad I, Tekwani BL Molecules 04-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9268457
doi:10.3390/molecules27134297
PMID:35807542
Antidepressant Effects of South African Plants: An Appraisal of Ethnobotanical Surveys, Ethnopharmacological and Phytochemical Studies Bonokwane MB, Lekhooa M, Struwig M, Aremu AO Front Pharmacol 29-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9277359
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.895286
PMID:35846999
Carbon dioxide expanded liquid: an effective solvent for the extraction of quercetin from South African medicinal plants Pilařová V, Kuda L, Vlčková HK, Nováková L, Gupta S, Kulkarni M, Švec F, Van Staden J, Doležal K Plant Methods 23-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9219150
doi:10.1186/s13007-022-00919-6
PMID:35739596
Omics Technologies to Enhance Plant Based Functional Foods: An Overview Nayak SN, Aravind B, Malavalli SS, Sukanth BS, Poornima R, Bharati P, Hefferon K, Kole C, Puppala N Front Genet 08-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8631721
doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.742095
PMID:34858472
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
African Herbal Medicines: Adverse Effects and Cytotoxic Potentials with Different Therapeutic Applications Okaiyeto K, Oguntibeju OO Int J Environ Res Public Health 02-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8199769
doi:10.3390/ijerph18115988
PMID:34199632
A Systematic Review on Comparative Analysis, Toxicology, and Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants Against Haemonchus contortus Ali R, Rooman M, Mussarat S, Norin S, Ali S, Adnan M, Khan SN Front Pharmacol 10-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8141741
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.644027
PMID:34040520

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