990.000 Chlorophytum Ker Gawl.

ANTHERICUM L.

DASYSTACHYS Baker

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

Zambia: 53 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
affine Baker var. affine	N,W,E	Description, Image
affine Baker var. curviscapum (Poelln.) Hanid	N,W,E	Description, Image
africanum (Baker) Engl.	N,W
amplexicaule Baker	N,W
andongense Baker	B,N,W,C,S	Description, Image
blepharophyllum Baker subsp. blepharophyllum	B,N,W,C,E,S	Description
blepharophyllum Baker subsp. pendulum Hoell & Nordal	B
blepharophyllum Baker subsp. rubropygmaeum Bjorå & Nordal	N
brachystachyum Baker	N,S	Description, Image
bulbinifolium Hoell & Nordal	N
calyptrocarpum (Baker) Kativu	W,C	Description, Image
cameronii (Baker) Kativu var. cameronii	N,W,E,S
cameronii (Baker) Kativu var. pterocaulon (Baker) Nordal	N,W,E	Description, Image
clarae Bjorå & Nordal	N
colubrinum (Baker) Engl.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
comosum (Thunb.) Jacq.	N,W,C	Description, Image
delicatulum Osborne, Vollesen & Bjora[End]	C
fischeri (Baker) Baker	N,C
floribundum Baker	B,N,C,E,S
gallabatense Schweinf. ex Baker	B,N,W,C	Description
galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. norlindhii (Weim.) Kativu	B
galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. matabelense (Baker) Kativu	W,E,S	Description, Image
galpinii (Baker) Kativu[Agg]	B,W,E,S	Description, Image
geophilum Poelln.	B,N
hysteranthum Kativu	W
lancifolium Welw. ex Baker	N,W
leptoneurum (C.H. Wright) Poelln.	B,N,W,C	Description, Image
longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker	B,C,S	Description, Image
macrophyllum (A. Rich.) Asch.	W,C	Description, Image
macrorrhizum Poelln.	N,W
minor Kativu [End][DD]	N	Description, Image
nidulans (Baker) Brenan	N
nubicum (Baker) Kativu	N,C
nyasae (Rendle) Kativu	E	Description, Image
pauper Poelln.	B,W,S	Description
perfoliatum Kativu	N,W	Image
polystachys Baker	N,C,S	Description, Image
pubiflorum Baker	N,S	Description, Image
pusillum Schweinf. ex Baker	N,W,S	Description, Image
recurvifolium (Baker) C. Archer & Kativu	N	Description, Image
ruahense Engl.	W
rubribracteatum (De Wild.) Kativu	N,W,C
silvaticum Dammer	N,C,S	Description, Image
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. hockii (De Wild.) Nordal	B,N	Description, Image
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. sphacelatum	N,W,S
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. milanjianum (Rendle) Nordal	B,N,S	Description, Image
stenopetalum Baker	N,W,C
stolzii (K. Krause) Kativu	N,W,C,S	Description, Image
subpetiolatum (Baker) Kativu	N,W,C,E	Description, Image
velutinum Kativu	N,W,C,E
vestitum Baker	N,W
zambiense Bjorå & Nordal	N,C,S
zingiberastrum Nordal & A.D. Poulsen	N,W,E

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Flora of Botswana: Chlorophytum
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Flora of Caprivi: Chlorophytum
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Flora of Mozambique: Chlorophytum
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Chlorophytum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chlorophytum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chlorophytum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chlorophytum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chlorophytum
JSTOR Plant Science: Chlorophytum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chlorophytum
Plants of the World Online: Chlorophytum
Tropicos: Chlorophytum
Wikipedia: Chlorophytum