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Chlorophytum brevipes

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Name

Identification
Chlorophytum gallabatense Schweinf. ex Bak. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Isotype of Chlorophytum umbraticola Poelln. [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by HBG-formal name entry, 2008 Chlorophytum brevipes Baker [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Chlorophytum gallabatense
  • Chlorophytum umbraticola
  • Chlorophytum brevipes
  • Chlorophytum comosum
  • Chlorophytum inornatum
  • Chlorophytum afzelii

Flora

Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM brevipes 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
CHLOROPHYTUM brevipes Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE]
Information
Rootstock oblique; root-fibres wiry. Leaves many to a stem; petiole slender, 1/2 ft. long; blade membranous, glabrous, lanceolate, 1/2 ft. long, 1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base and acute apex. Peduncle slender, 6–8 in. long, bearing 1–2 empty bracts. Raceme simple, very lax, finally 8–9 in. long; bracts small, ovate or lanceolate; lower pedicels 2–3-nate, 1/4 in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth 1/4 in. long; segments linear. Capsule 1/6 in. long, 1/4 in. diam.
Distribution
Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Makua; Namuli Hills, Last!

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