1. The genus " Haemanthus " was created in 1753 by Linnaeus. 2. Dinter is a South African bulbous geophyte in the genus " Haemanthus ". 3. These specimens were subsequently separated and a new name of " Haemanthus montanus " was created for them. 4. It was formally described by Anna Amelia Obermeyer in 1963, as " Haemanthus pole-evansii ". 5. Three subtribes are proposed and six genera including the type genus, " Haemanthus ", are included. 6. "Scadoxus membranaceus " was first named by John Gilbert Baker in 1888 as " Haemanthus membranaceus ". 7. The leaves of " Haemanthus " species are thicker, opposite, without a distinct petiole, and never form a pseudostem. 8. The species was first described in 1971 by Ib Friis and Inger Bj�rnstad, being initially placed in the genus " Haemanthus ". 9. "H . crispus " may be solitary or like many other " Haemanthus " species, gregarious and growing in clumps. 10. His type species, " Scadoxus multiflorus ", had been described as " Haemanthus multiflorus " by Thomas Martyn in 1795.
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