Chlorophytum subpetiolatum (Baker) Kativu

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Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka District, Lusaka

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Synonyms:	Anthericum bifoliatum Poelln Anthericum bragae Engl. Anthericum dimorphum Poelln Anthericum laurentii De Wild. var. minor Anthericum monophyllum Baker Anthericum stolzii Engl. & K. Krause Anthericum subpetiolatum Baker Anthericum triphyllum Baker Chlorophytum fusiforme Rendle Chlorophytum moniliforme Rendle Chlorophytum unyikense Engl. & K. Krause Debesia minor (De Wild.) Robyns & Tournay
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Status:	Native
Description:	Solitary or clumped plants up to 70 cm tall growing from a thick, regularly constricted rhizome with spongy fusiform swollen roots tapering to the tips; leaves often dimorphic, 1-7 in 2 rows or almost so, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, erect, 4-70 x 1-2 cm., hairless or pubescent with scabrid or ciliate margins; peduncles 1-3 per plant, angled, often glabrous at base and pubescent above, up to 36 cm long; pedicels articulated below middle, up to 5 mm long in fruit, 1-3 per node; perianth white, tepals 7.5-15 mm long, 3(5) veined, stamens shorter than perianth; capsule rounded to deltoid in cross section smooth or slightly ridged; seeds irregularly folded, c.1.6 mm across.
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Derivation of specific name:	subpetiolatum: somewhat stalked, in reference the pseudopetiolate nature of the leaves
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Flowering time:	Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Widely distributed from Ethiopia through Central and East Africa south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 289. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 50 - 54. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 85. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 26. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 41.

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