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Chlorophytum holstii

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Name

Identification
Chlorophytum holstii Not on sheet. [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Baker [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Chlorophytum hoffmannii
  • Chlorophytum holstii
  • Chlorophytum uvinsense
  • Chlorophytum comosum
  • Chlorophytum pulverulentum
  • Chlorophytum alismifolium

Flora

Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM Holstii Engl. [family ANTHERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
CHLOROPHYTUM Holstii Engl. [family ANTHERICACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 140.
Information
Root-fibres long, wiry, spreading, branched. Leaves about 6 to a tuft; petiole 3 in. long; blade moderately firm, lanceolate, glabrous, 4–5 in. long, 1/2– 5/8 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base and apex. Peduncle slender, glabrous, angled, deeply sulcate, shorter than the leaves. Raceme simple, lax; bracts lanceolate, lower 1/4 in. long; pedicels very short, lower fascicled. Perianth 1/4 in. long; segments linear-oblong. Anthers small, oblong, as long as the filaments.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2674!

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