Chlorophytum calyptrocarpum (Baker) Kativu |
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Family : Anthericaceae |
Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
Information on the genus : Chlorophytum |
Basionym : Anthericum calyptrocarpum Baker |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Anthericum calyptrocarpum Baker (1878) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Anthericum curvifolium K. Krause (1912) |
=Anthericum caespitosum Dinter (1931) |
=Anthericum tenellum Welw. ex Baker (1878) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Herb grasslike, gregarious,10-85 cm tall; rhizome short, constricted regularly, with fibrous remains of old leaf-bases; roots spongy, tuberous; leaves fascicled, to 10 per plant, filiform, 12-18 cm long, glandular-spotted, margins ciliate, base dilated; peduncle terete, bracteate, often glandular-spotted, to 45 cm long; panicle with to 7 branches, c. 60 cm long; pedicels articulated below middle, lower ones 2 per node, upper ones solitary, c. 4 mm long in fruit; perianth white; tepals 3-veined dull purple; capsule c. 5 mm long, shallowly deltoid, glabrous. |
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Ecology : |
Seasonally wet grassland; near stream banks; often on clay soils and on shallow sandy loam overlying rock; rocky pastures flooded seasonally; in SE Zaire most often on copper-mineralised substrate; 100-1400 m alt. |
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Namibia, N S. Africa. – Not in Burundi; confusion with C. angustissimum. |
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Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb- Ht 0.1 - 0.6 m. Alt: 915 - 1450 m. Distribution: NAM, GA, LP, MP |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 92
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Nord. J. Bot. 13: 59-65 (1993).
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under chg |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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