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Chlorophytum polyscapum

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Identification
Chlorophytum polyscapum Peter ex Poelln. [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Chlorophytum gallabatense Schweinf. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Chlorophytum gallabatense
  • Chlorophytum polyscapum

Flora

Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM gallabatense 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 gallabatense Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 15: 325 (1876) & in F.T.A. 7: 504 (1898); Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 425 (1932); F.P.S. 3: 267 (1956); Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 12, fig. 10 (1962); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 99 (1968); Nordal & Thulin in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 265 (1993); U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 318, t. 145 (1994); Thulin, Fl. Somalia 4: 48 (1995); Nordal in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 99 (1997). Lectotype, chosen by Marais & Reilly in K.B. 32: 660 (1978): Sudan/Ethiopian border, Gallabat, Matamma, Schweinfurth 10 (K, lecto.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM ukambense Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 504 (1898); Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 15 (1962); E.P.A.: 1537 (1971). Type: Kenya, Kitui, Hildebrandt 2650 (K, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM rivae Engl. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Roma 9: 244 (1902); E.P.A.: 1535 (1971). Type: Ethiopia, Savati, near Sagan R., Ruspoli & Riva 1522 (FT, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM ginirense Dammer [family ANTHERICACEAE], in E.J. 65 (1905); E.P.A.: 1535 (1971). Type: Ethiopia, Bale, Ginir, Ellenbeck 1960 (B, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM ramulosum De Wild. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 3: 275 (1911). Type: Zaire, between Bambile and Amadi, Sereti 244 (BR, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM breviscapum Dammer [family ANTHERICACEAE], in E.J. 48: 362 (1912), nom. illegit ., non Dalzell (1850). Type: Tanzania, Kilwa District, Matandu [Mandandu], Busse 547 (B, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM breviflorum De Wild. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.R. 11: 513 (1913). Type: Zaire, Lubumbashi [Elisabethville], Homblé 153 (BR, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM hockii De Wild. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.R. 11: 514 (1913). Type: Zaire, Lubumbashi [Elisabethville], Dec. 1911, Hock (BR, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM bequaertii De Wild. [family ANTHERICACEAE], Pl. Bequaert 1: 14 (1921); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 102 (1968). Type: Zaire, Kabare, Bequaert 5410 (BR, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM longiramum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér B, 1: 304 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Dodoma District, Turu, between Itigi and Bangayega, Peter 33961 (B, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM longistylum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 305 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Iringa District, Uhehe, Lula, Goetze 504 (B, holo.!, K, iso.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM polyscapum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 326 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Kigoma District, Ujiji, Peter 38975 (B, holo.!, B, iso.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM riparium Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 332 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Njombe District, Lupembe, upper stream of Ruhudji [Ruhudje] R., Schlieben 391 (B, holo.!, BR, iso.!)
?CHLOROPHYTUM socialis Poelln. [family ], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 335 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Ulanga District, between Ulanga and Ebene, Mahenge, Schlieben 1528 (B, holo.!, K, iso.!) – depauperate specimen that probably belongs here (or in C. micranthum )
CHLOROPHYTUM umbraticolum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Portug. Acta Biol., sér. B, 1: 345 (1946). Type: Tanzania, Ulanga District, Mahenge, Mbangala, Schlieben 1805 (B, holo.!)
CHLOROPHYTUM elachystanthum Cufod. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Senck. Biol. 50: 242, fig. 2 (1969) & in E.P.A.: 1533 (1971). Type: Ethiopia, Gamo-Gofa, Kuls 357 (FR, holo.!)
Information
Plants 15–60(–75) cm. high. Rhizome horizontal, short, moniliform; roots fairly thin, shortly branched, bearing tubers 2–3 cm. long, mainly on the lateral branches. Leaves rosulate, glabrous, lanceolate, broadest at the middle, narrowed and clasping below, occasionally petiolate, 10–75 long, (1–)2–4(–6) cm. wide, with distinct midrib, the margins glabrous or minutely scabrid, often undulate. Peduncle terete, glabrous, leafless, occasionally with a single sterile bract below the inflorescence, 10–50 cm. long. Inflorescence paniculate; branches usually with short internodes (except for the lowermost ones), more elongated in shade-forms; rhachis glabrous to papillate; floral bracts 5–15(–30) mm. long, 1–3 mm. wide, larger and longer in shade forms. Pedicels articulated near or above the middle, 3–10 mm. long, slightly papillate, 2–4-nate at the lower nodes. Perianth with reflexed tepals, greenish, 5–7 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, 3(–5)-veined. Stamens as long as the perianth; filaments fusiform, scabrid, ± 3 mm. long; anthers 2–3 mm. long. Style straight, as long as the stamens. Capsule deeply triquetrous, emarginate, 3–6 mm. long, 4–7 mm. wide, smooth. Seeds disc- to saucer-shaped, ± 2.5 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 1–7; T 1, 3–8 widespread in the Sudano-Zambesian region from Senegal east to Somalia and south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Altitude range
100–2300 m.
Distribution
UGANDA Karamoja District Lodoketemit, 12 July 1958, Kerfoot 413!;KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 30 Mar. 1952, Gillett 12659!;TANZANIA Ngara District Nyakiziba, 27 Apr. 1960, Tanner 4904!;UGANDA Teso District Serere, Apr. 1932, Chandler 577!;UGANDA Mengo District 7 km. from Kiwoko to Tweyanze, 23 Apr. 1956, Langdale-Brown 2076!KENYA Meru District 19 km. ENE. of Isiolo on road to Mado Gashi, 16 May 1972, Gillett 19673!;KENYA Masai District SE. of Kajiado, Enkorika, 24 Nov. 1977, Kuchar & Mwendwa 7880!TANZANIA Mbeya District Ruaha National Park, near Magangwe, Isiki, A. Bjørnstad 2069!;TANZANIA Lindi District 9.5 km. S. of Mbemkuru R. on Kilwa to Lindi road, 6 Dec.1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7565!
Notes
Shade forms superficially resemble C. comosum by having semiprostrate inflorescences. They can be distinguished by flower colour (greenish in C. gallabatense ) and root system (small tubers on lateral branches in C. gallabatense ). Forest forms with prostrate inflorescences (e.g. Mbago 1074, Kigoma District, Gombe Stream and Bidgood, Sitoni, Vollesen & Whitehouse 4331, Mpanda District, Livendabe Forest) might deserve taxonomic recognition. Flowering material is needed. For further see under C. micranthum and C. floribundum .Chromosome number: 2n=14 based on countings from Kenya, cf. Nordal et al. in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23 (1990).

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