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Chlorophytum bowkeri
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Bunga Views, Vumba
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Bunga Views, Vumba
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Roadside just before Bunga Forest, Vumba
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Vumba road near Castle Beacon.
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Vumba road near Castle Beacon.
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| Synonyms: |
Chlorophytum magnificum Weim. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust perennial herb, up to 1.5 m, often forming large clumps. Leaves in a large basal tuft, linear. inflorescence on a long fleshy peduncle, usually unbranched, rarely with short branches at the base. Flowers with stalks joined near the middle, large and showy; tepals white, spreading; anthers long and yellow. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | bowkeri: after J.H. Bowker (1822-1900), South African Naturalist who sent a living plant to Kew Botanic Gardens in England. |
| Habitat: | In rocky places in montane grassland and at the margins of forest. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| 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 11 April 2012 |
| Literature: |
Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 50 - 51. (Includes a picture). Kativu, S. (1994). Synopsis of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 15(1) Page 54. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Page 84. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 85. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 90 - 91. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 113. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 68 - 69. (Includes a picture). |
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