Chlorophytum inornatumKer-Gawl. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1965
Related name
Chlorophytum brevipes
Anthericum heynei
Chlorophytum inornatum
Chlorophytum afzelii
Chlorophytum heynei
Chlorophytum filipendulum
Common name
lσmi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
ε-wamfisa (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
cσlσŋge (NWT) yeye (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM inornatum Gawl. [family ANTHERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
CHLOROPHYTUM inornatumGawl. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 1071;—Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 453; Kunth, Enum. iv. 603; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 324.
Information
root-fibres cylindrical, densely fascicled; leaves lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, obscurely petioled, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle; peduncle 1 1/2–2 ft. long, with several reduced leaves; raceme lax, simple or forked at the base, a foot long; pedicels erecto-patent, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, the lower 3–4-nate; bracts small, ovate; perianth 1/3– 1/2 in. long; segments oblong, with a broad 3-nerved green keel; filaments 1/6 in. long, as long as the anthers. null
Range
Also Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; near Modderfontein, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6585!
