990.000 Chlorophytum Ker Gawl.

ANTHERICUM L.

DASYSTACHYS Baker

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, Roots either swollen without tuber or ± wiry with distinct tubers. Pedicels mostly articulated, usually with more than 1 at each node, less often with 1 and then supported by 2 bracts. Flowers open, star-shaped, urceolate to ± campanulate. Stamens straight or declinate. Ovary sessile, rarely stipitate. Capsule trigonous to deeply 3-lobed in cross-section. Seeds flat or sharply folded.

Worldwide: 215 species, especially in Africa and India

Botswana: 12 taxa.

Chlorophytum brachystachyum

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
anceps (Baker) KativuN,SEDescription, Image
bowkeri BakerDescription, Image
brachystachyum BakerNDescription, Image
fasciculatum (Baker) KativuSW,SE
galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. galpinii
galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. matabelense (Baker) KativuDescription, Image
krauseanum (Dinter) Kativu[NrEnd][VU]SW
longifolium Schweinf. ex BakerNDescription, Image
pauper Poelln.N
recurvifolium (Baker) C. Archer & KativuDescription, Image
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. milanjianum (Rendle) NordalN,SEDescription, Image
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. sphacelatum

Other sources of information about Chlorophytum:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Chlorophytum
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Chlorophytum
Flora of Malawi: Chlorophytum
Flora of Mozambique: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zambia: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Chlorophytum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chlorophytum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chlorophytum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chlorophytum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chlorophytum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chlorophytum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chlorophytum
JSTOR Plant Science: Chlorophytum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chlorophytum
Plants of the World Online: Chlorophytum
Tropicos: Chlorophytum
Wikipedia: Chlorophytum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Chlorophytum.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=337, retrieved 28 March 2024

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