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Scadoxus multiflorus (Katherine wheel, Blood flower, Fire-ball lily)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Scadoxus

Subspecies

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae (Katherine wheel, Blood flower)

[= Haemanthus katherinae]

Bloedblom [Afrikaans]; idunjana, ubukhoswane [Zulu]

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus (Fire-ball lily)

[= Haemanthus multiflorus, Haemanthus sacculus]

isiphompo, isiphungo [Zulu]