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Chlorophytum pleiophyllum

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Identification
Chlorophytum pleiophyllum Peter [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Chlorophytum longifolium Schweinf. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Chlorophytum longifolium
  • Chlorophytum pleiophyllum
  • Chlorophytum drimiopsis

Flora

Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM longifolium Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1997) Author: NORDAL (University of Oslo), SHAKKIE KATIVU (University of Zimbabwe) & AXEL D. POULSEN (University of Copenhagen)
Names
CHLOROPHYTUM longifolium Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 15: 327 (1876) & in F.T.A. 7: 507 (1898); F.P.S. 3: 268 (1956); E.P.A.: 1535 (1971); Nordal & Thulin in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 269 (1993); Nordal in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 94, fig. 190.2 (1997). Type: Ethiopia, Tigray, Chiré, Plains of Beless, Quartin-Dillon (P, holo.!)
Anthericum longifolium A. Rich. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 333 (1850), nom. illegit ., non Jacq. (1786)
Anthericum drimiopsis Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 15: 301 (1876). Type: Mozambique, between Tete and Lupata, Kirk (K, holo.!)
Dasystachys falcata Baker [family ], in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot., ser. 2, 1: 256 (1878) & in F.T.A. 7: 512 (1898). Type: Angola, Huila, Welwitsch 3793 (BM, holo.!)
Dasystachys drimiopsis (Baker) Benth. [family ], in G.P. 3: 789 (1883); Baker in F.T.A. 7: 510 (1898)
Chlorophytum papillosum Rendle [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 30: 422 (1895); P.O.A. C: 140 (1895). Type: Tanzania, between Uyui and the coast, 1886, W.E. Taylor (BM, holo.!)
Dasystachys papillosa (Rendle) Baker [family ], in F.T.A 7: 514 (1898)
Chlorophytum welwitschii Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 220 (1945). Based on Dasystachys falcata Baker
Chlorophytum drimiopsis (Baker) Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 231 (1945)
Chlorophytum pleiophyllum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 361 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District, Ngulu, from Malongwe towards Nyahua, Peter 34518 (B, holo.!)
Chlorophytum poricolum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 363 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma District, Uyansi, near Chaya, Peter 34006 (B, holo.!)
Information
Plants 50–105 cm. Rhizome thick, horizontal, moniliform, with concentric rings of old leaf-attachments, up to 10 cm. long, bearing fibrous remains of old leaf-bases; roots long, spongy, often somewhat swollen towards the tips, but without distinct tubers. Leaves rosulate, linear to narrowly lanceolate, often half-folded (canaliculate), 17–50(–70) cm. long, and 1–2(–3) cm. wide; margins ± undulate, ciliate. Peduncle terete, with bract-like leaves along its entire length, glabrous below, densely papillate-pubescent above, 35–70 cm. long. Inflorescence a subspicate raceme, unbranched or with 1–3 basal branches; rhachis densely pubescent; floral bracts linear, ciliate, lower ones up to 2 cm. long. Pedicels articulated at apex, up to 1.5–5 mm. long, often pubescent, (2–)3–5-nate at the lower nodes. Perianth white, bell-shaped to urceolate, constricted just above the ovary; tepals 8–11 mm. long, 2.5–4 mm. wide, 3-veined, scabrid at the tips, densely glandular papillate on the inside at the constriction. Stamens exserted; filaments fusiform, widest in upper half, glabrous to papillate, 10–13 mm. long; anthers 2–3 mm. long. Style declinate, ± as long as the stamens. Capsule oblong, deeply 3-lobed (triquetrous), smooth, 6–10 mm. long, slightly narrower than long. Seeds flat, 3–4 mm. in diameter. Fig. 4/1–2.
Range
DISTR. T 1, 5–7
Altitude range
850–2000 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Shinyanga, Koritschoner 2295!;TANZANIA Kondoa District between Kondoa and Mondo, 20 Jan. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1240!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mdonyo R., 12 km. from Msembe, 4 May 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14450!
Distribution (external)
; Sudan
Ethiopia
Angola
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
Notes
As Anthericum longifolium A. Rich. is illegitimate, the correct author citation is C. longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker, without referring to any basionym. The following citation often used should accordingly be avoided: “ C. longifolium (A. Rich.) Schweinf. ex Baker”. Chromosome number: 2n=16 based on material from Tanzania and Zimbabwe, cf. Nordal et al. in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23 (1990).

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