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990.000 Chlorophytum
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 |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| andongense Baker | N,MS | |
| blepharophyllum Baker subsp. blepharophyllum | N,Z,T,MS | |
| bowkeri Baker | MS | Description, Image |
| brachystachyum Baker | T | Description, Image |
| calyptrocarpum (Baker) Kativu | GI | |
| cameronii (Baker) Kativu var. pterocaulon (Baker) Nordal | N,Z,MS | |
| colubrinum (Baker) Engl. | N | Description, Image |
| comosum (Thunb.) Jacq. | N,Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
| fasciculatum (Baker) Kativu | M | |
| floribundum Baker | T | |
| gallabatense Schweinf. ex Baker | N,T,MS | |
| galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. galpinii | M | |
| galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. matabelense (Baker) Kativu | MS,GI,M | |
| galpinii (Baker) Kativu[Agg] | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| krookianum Zahlbr. | M | |
| longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker | T | |
| macrophyllum (A. Rich.) Asch. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| macrosporum Baker | MS | |
| nidulans (Baker) Brenan | T | |
| nubicum (Baker) Kativu | Z | |
| paucinervatum (Poelln.) Nordal | N | |
| pubiflorum Baker | N,Z | |
| recurvifolium (Baker) C. Archer & Kativu | M | |
| rubribracteatum (De Wild.) Kativu | N | |
| silvaticum Dammer | N | |
| sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. milanjianum (Rendle) Nordal | Z,M | |
| stenopetalum Baker | N,MS | |
| stolzii (K. Krause) Kativu | MS | |
| subpetiolatum (Baker) Kativu | N,Z,MS | |
| transvaalense (Baker) Kativu | M | |
| vestitum Baker | MS | |
| zingiberastrum A.D. Poulsen | N |
Other sources of information about Chlorophytum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: ChlorophytumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chlorophytum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chlorophytum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chlorophytum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chlorophytum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chlorophytum
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Chlorophytum
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