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Chlorophytum littorale

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Identification
Isotype of Chlorophytum littorale Nordal and Thulin [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Mats Thulin, 1992
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  • Chlorophytum littorale

Flora

Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM littorale Nordal & Thulin [family ANTHERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CHLOROPHYTUM littorale Nordal & Thulin [family ANTHERICACEAE], (1993);. type: S2, Shabeellaha Hoose Region, 35 km NE of Marka just N of Gandershe, 1°50’N, 44°58’E, Alstrup & Michelsen 113 (K holo., C iso.). Fig. 29.
Information
Plant up to at least 32 cm tall, from a short fibrous rhizome; roots short and slender, ending in ellipsoid tubers. Leaves 2–4, basal, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 10–60 mm wide, with a usually finely undulate-crispate, 0.3–0.4 mm wide hyaline margin, glabrous. Inflorescence a simple or few-branched raceme, glabrous; peduncle glabrous, leafless; bracts lanceolate, 2.4–4 mm long; flowers 1 at each node; pedicels 2.5–12(–25) mm long, filiform, spreading, articulated c. 1–2(–3) mm below the flower, glabrous. Tepals white, medially greenish, 6–9.5 mm long, 3-nerved. Stamens subequal. Style 5.5–6.5 mm long. Capsule c. 6–6.5 x 7–8 mm, with the spreading persistent tepals at the base.
Range
S2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
5–60 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 4511; Friis, Alstrup & Michelsen 4635; Thulin & Hedrén 7154.
Notes
A record of C. pusillum Schweif. ex Bak. by Raimondo & al. in Webbia 35: 221 (1981) was based on a collection of C. littorale.

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