Chlorophytum stolzii (K. Krause) Kativu

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Between Malangalanga and Area 3, Lilongwe

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Synonyms:	Acrospira asphodeloides Baker Albuca stolzii K. Krause Anthericum foliatum Poelln. Anthericum stolzii Engl. & K. Krause Anthericum welwitschii Marais & Reilly
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust perennial, 85-230 cm tall, growing from a corm-like rhizome; roots many, with elongated tubers at the tips. Leaves sub-distichous, 5-8, broadly linear, up to 80 cm long,hairless, sheathing at the base. Peduncle terete, upto 2 m tall, with sheathing bracts along the length. Inflorescence up to 70 cm long, unbranched or with 1-2 branches at the base, fairly laxly flowered. Flowers 2-5 at the lower nodes, 1-2 at upper nodes, on pedicels up to 7 mm long in fruit. Perianth white with tepals 3-veined on the keel. Stamens as long as the perianth; filaments dilated in the middle, shorter than anthers. Capsule obovoid, shallowly ridged, 9 mm long.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Derivation of specific name:	stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary, merchant and plant collector in Angola and Malawi, particularly of orchids.
Habitat:	In open woodland, grassland, wet places and on stream banks, sometimes persistent in old cultivated fields, usually on heavy soils.
Altitude range:	Up to 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,Cb,N,Lk,S,W
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Content last updated:	Saturday 15 September 2018
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 194 - 195. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 289. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 58 - 59. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 105.

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