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Anthericum grantii

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Name

Identification
Anthericum grantii Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Chlorophytum cameronii (Baker)S.Kativu [family ANTHERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nordal & Poulsen,
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  • Anthericum grantii
  • Chlorophytum cameronii

Flora

Entry for ANTHERICUM Grantii Baker [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
ANTHERICUM Grantii Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 160, t. 103, B. —Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 303.
Information
Rootstock tuberous; root-fibres very numerous, slender, not bearing tubercles; root-neck with copious bristles. Leaves linear, moderately firm, densely pubescent on both surfaces, the largest 6–8 in. long, 1/2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to the sheathing base. Stem slender, pubescent, acutely angled, 1 ft. long. Raceme lax, simple, 3 in. long; axis pubescent, flexuose; pedicels very short, articulated at the middle, geminate. Perianth 1/2 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, with a 3–5-nerved brown keel. Anthers linear, 1/6 in. long, equalling the glabrous filaments.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Uyanzi; at the “Boss Rock” in the Mgunda Mkali, common in every marsh, 4000 ft., Speke & Grant!

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