Chlorophytum longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker
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Kariba
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Kariba
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Kariba
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Runde Viewpoint near Chipinda Pools, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Runde Viewpoint near Chipinda Pools, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Runde Viewpoint near Chipinda Pools, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Runde Viewpoint near Chipinda Pools, Gonarezhou National Park.
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By the old ZAF airport near Lilayi
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Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka from material collected near the old ZAF airport, Lilayi, Lusaka
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By the old ZAF airport near Lilayi
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Along main Zvishavane - Rutenga road
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Along main Zvishavane - Rutenga road
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Along main Zvishavane - Rutenga road
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Along main Zvishavane - Rutenga road
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Anthericum drimiopsis Baker Anthericum longifolium A. Rich. Anthericum lunatum Poelln. Caesia africana sensu Baker Chlorophytum dolomiticum Dinter Chlorophytum drimiopsis (Baker) Poelln. Chlorophytum papillosum Rendle Chlorophytum pleiophyllum Poelln. Chlorophytum poricolum Poelln. Chlorophytum tsumebensis Dinter Chlorophytum welwitschii Poelln. Dasystachys falcata Baker
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Perennial herbs up to c. 1 m tall, growing from a thick horizontal, regularly constricted rhizome; roots long, spongy, often swollen towards the tips. Leaves many, linear-lanceolate, up to 50 cm long, half-folded; margin wavy, ciliate. Peduncle terete, hairless below, densely papillate-pubescent above; bracts linear, up to 15 cm long. Inflorescence usually with 1-3 basal branches, densely flowered; floral bracts linear, lower ones up to 20 mm long. Pedicels 1-5 per node, c. 5 mm long in fruit. Perianth slightly bell-shaped, united at the base, white; tepals 3-veined, densely glandular-papillate. Capsule obovoid, up to 10 mm long, 3-angled, deeply lobed. |
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longifolium: with long leaves |
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Angola, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. |
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Literature:
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Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds) (2003). Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Pages 969 - 970.
Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 63 - 64.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 85.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 114.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Chlorophytum longifolium. https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113430, retrieved 19 April 2024
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