990.000 Chlorophytum
ANTHERICUM L.
DASYSTACHYS Baker
Meerts, P. (2015) Anthericaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, Roots either swollen without tuber or ± wiry with distinct tubers. Pedicels mostly articulated, usually with more than 1 at each node, less often with 1 and then supported by 2 bracts. Flowers open, star-shaped, urceolate to ± campanulate. Stamens straight or declinate. Ovary sessile, rarely stipitate. Capsule trigonous to deeply 3-lobed in cross-section. Seeds flat or sharply folded. Worldwide: 215 species, especially in Africa and India Caprivi: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content | |
| brachystachyum Baker | Description, Image | |
| galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. matabelense (Baker) Kativu | Description, Image | |
| longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker | Description, Image | |
| sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. sphacelatum |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Chlorophytum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ChlorophytumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chlorophytum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chlorophytum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chlorophytum
Plants of the World Online: Chlorophytum
Tropicos: Chlorophytum
Wikipedia: Chlorophytum