| Chlorophytum geophilum Peter ex Poelln. |
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Family : Anthericaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
| Protologue : Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. lxi. 127 (1943) |
| Information on the genus : Chlorophytum |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Chlorophytum mahengense Poelln. (1943) |
| =*Chlorophytum afzelii A. Chev. non Baker |
| =*Chlorophytum gourmacum A. Chev. (1920) p.p. quoad specim. Chevalier 24690, 24297 |
| =*Chlorophytum pusillum auct. sensu Troupin 1956 |
| =Chlorophytum subcapitatum Hutch. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb to 5 cm tall growing in clumps; rhizome indistinct, with narrow roots bearing tubers; leaves 4-6, in a prostrate rosette, oblanceolate, 20-27x4-8,5 cm, petiolate, thick, glabrous, obtuse, veins prominent, margins crisped-undulate, occasionally ciliate; peduncle terete, to 2 cm long; inflorescence appearing at ground level, to 4 cm long, dense to almost capitate, sometimes 2-4-branched; bracts to 1,7 cm long, margins crisped and ciliate; pedicels 0,4-1,7 cm long, jointed at apex; tepals white, 6-8 mm long, 5-veined; capsule shallowly 3-gonous, 3-5x4 mm, smooth. Pedicels elongating after flowering and reflexing, burying the fruit (the type has capsules 2x3 mm). |
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| Ecology : |
Open Brachystegia woodland and grassland; sometimes on termite mounds; open grassland with bare patches; in clumps; fallows; rather heavy soil; deep soil; 200-1100 m alt. |
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Difficult to separate from C. pusillum (with ± sessile inflorescence and shorter pedicels). The relation between C. geophilum and C. pusillum needs further investigation. See also under C. latifolium below. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°33926 |
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