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Chlorophytum aureum

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Name

Identification
Chlorophytum aureum Engl. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bjorå; Nordal,
Related name
  • Chlorophytum longifolium
  • Chlorophytum aureum
  • Dasystachys aurea

Flora

Entry for DASYSTACHYS aurea Baker [family ]
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
DASYSTACHYS aurea Baker [family ]
Chlorophytum aureum Engl. [family ANTHERICACEAE], (Dasystachys) Jahrb. xv. 469.
Information
Leaves 5–6 to a stem, erect, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 2–2 1/2 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the acuminate apex and sheathing base, obscurely ciliated on the edge. Peduncle stiffly erect, 3 ft. long, bearing a few reduced leaves, pubescent upwards. Raceme subspicate, cylindrical, 1/2–1 ft. long; bracts lanceolate, the lower large. Flowers clothed in the early stage with golden pubescence. Perianth 1/4 in. long; segments oblong, white, with a red-brown keel. Stamens as long as the perianth; anthers longer than the filaments. Style much exserted.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Jur; Kurshook Ali's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1504! Niamniam, Schweinfurth, 3570! 3752!

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