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Chlorophytum pterocaulon

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Identification
Anthericum pterocaulon Welw. ex Baker [family AMTHERICACEAE ] Chlorophytum pterocaulon (Welw. ex Baker) Kativu [family AMTHERICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Anthericum andongense
  • Anthericum buchananii
  • Anthericum kemoense
  • Anthericum speciosum
  • Chlorophytum cameronii
  • Chlorophytum pterocaulon
  • Anthericum pterocaulon

Flora

Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM cameronii (Baker) Nordal var. pterocaulon [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 cameronii (Baker) Nordal var. pterocaulon [family ANTHERICACEAE], stat. & comb. nov. Type: Angola, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 3795 (BM, holo.!)
Anthericum zanguebaricum Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 15: 302 (1876) & in F.T.A. 7: 483 (1898); Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 9 (1962). Type: Kenya, Mombasa, Sept. 1873, Kirk (K, holo.!)
Anthericum pterocaulon Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot., ser. 2, 1: 258 (1878) & in F.T.A. 7: 481 (1898); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 96 (1968)
Anthericum rubellum Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot., ser. 2, 2: 352 (1887) & in F.T.A. 7: 482 (1898). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Oct. 1884, Johnston (K, holo.!)
Anthericum speciosum Rendle [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 30: 413, t. 33 (1895); P.O.A. C: 139 (1895); Baker in F.T.A. 7: 486 (1898); W.F.K.: 117 (1948). Type: Tanzania, between Uyui and the coast, Feb. 1887, W.E. Taylor (BM, holo.!)
Anthericum giryamae Rendle [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 30: 412 (1895); P.O.A. C: 139 (1895); Baker in F.T.A. 7: 487 (1898). Type: Kenya, Kwale District, between Giriama [Giryama] and Shimba Hills, W.E. Taylor (BM, holo.!)
Anthericum purpuratum Rendle [family ANTHERICACEAE], in J.L.S. 30: 413 (1895); P.O.A. C: 139 (1895); Baker in F.T.A. 7: 485 (1898). Type: Kenya, Teita Hills, Ngurunga, Kifamiko, 3 Apr. 1893, Gregory (BM, holo.!)
Anthericum buchananii Baker [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 486 (1898). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 201 (K, holo.!)
Anthericum calateifolium Chiov. [family ANTHERICACEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 425 (1932); E.P.A.: 1533 (1971). Type: Somalia, Dalleri, Senni 218 (FT, holo.!)
Anthericum purpuratum Poelln. var. longipedicellatum [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.R. 51: 73 (1942). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District, Ngulu, Malongwe, Peter 34577 (B, holo.!)
Anthericum kyimbilense Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.R. 51: 80 (1942). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Stolz 2358 (B, holo.!, BR!, K, iso.)
Anthericum subpapillosum Poelln. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in F.R. 53: 133 (1944); Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 8, fig. 6 (1962). Type: Kenya, Nairobi District, Scott Elliot 162 (B, holo.!, K, iso.!)
Anthericum sp. near pterocaulon 1 [family ANTHERICACEAE], sensu Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 7 (1962)
Anthericum sp. near pterocaulon 2 [family ANTHERICACEAE], sensu Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 7 (1962)
Anthericum cooperi [family ANTHERICACEAE], [sensu Hanid in U.K.W.F.: 676 (1974); Cribb & Leedal, Mount. Fl. S. Tanz.: 184 (1992), non Baker]
Chlorophytum pterocaulon (Baker) Kativu [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 63 (1993)
Chlorophytum zanguebaricum (Baker) Nordal [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 65 (1993); Nordal & Thulin in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 278 (1993); U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 317, t. 144 (1994); Thulin, Fl. Somalia 4: 49 (1995).
Information
Leaves glabrous on the lamina (rarely with ciliate margins); cataphylls and outer leaf-bases green. Peduncle glabrous. Fig. 1/5–8.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 1–7; T 1–8
Altitude range
0–3300 m.
Distribution
UGANDA Karamoja District 80 km. W. of Iriri, 16 May 1971, Brown 2225!;KENYA Northern Frontier Province 15 km. N. of Maralal on road to Baragoi, 26 Oct. 1978, M.G. Gilbert et al. 5147!;TANZANIA Ufipa District Mbizi Forest, 26 Nov. 1958, Napper 987!;UGANDA Bunyoro District Bujenje, Biso [Biiso], 15 Apr. 1972, Synnott 888!;UGANDA Mengo District 16 km. NW. of Nakasongola, 8 Sept. 1955, Langdale-Brown 1501!KENYA Nairobi District Thika Road House, 5 Apr. 1951, Verdcourt 461!;KENYA Kwale District between Samburu and Mackinnon Road, near Taru, 3 Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4156!;KENYA Kilifi District Marafa, Polhill & Paulo 834!TANZANIA Dodoma District 20 km. from Itigi on Manyoni road, 25 Apr. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 2171!;TANZANIA Iringa District Sao Hill, Ipogoro–Mkawa track, 12 Dec. 1961, Richards 15570!;TANZANIA Lindi District Lake Lutamba, 14 Jan. 1935, Schlieben 5874!
Distribution (external)
; Cameroon
Congo
Central African Republic
Zaire
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Somalia
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe

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