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Chlorophytum nyasae
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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Anthericum nyasae Rendle Chlorophytum glabriflorum C.H.Wright |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb up to 1.4 m high, growing from a short vertical rhizome; roots in a dense mass, spongy, without tubers. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, up to 70 cm long, clasping at the base, hairless; margins and midrib prominent; margin not wavy. Peduncle terete, up to 80 cm long, hairless, with bract-like leaves all along. Inflorescence a lax, few-branched panicle. Pedicels up to 12 mm long in fruit, 1-few per node. Flowers white to yellowish-white; tepals -11 mm long; Capsule obovoid, 3-sided, c. 8 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nyasae: of Nyasaland, colonial name for Malawi. |
| Habitat: | In montane grassland, often near watercourses or on stony ground. |
| Altitude range: | 800 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 24 July 2019 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 194 - 195. as Chlorophytum glabriflorum (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 287. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 72 - 73. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 41. |
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