Chlorophytum pygmaeum (Weim.) Kativu
subsp. rhodesianum (Rendle) Kativu

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Chlorophytum pygmaeum subsp. rhodesianum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Top ridge "Mte Chimanimani", West of Mevumodzi Valley at Eastern Lakes, Chimanimani Mts.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near summit Mt Shangani, eastern Chimanimani Mts

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Synonyms:	Anthericum rhodesianum Rendle
Common names:
Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herbs up to 2hm high, growing from a short horizontal, regularly constricted rhizome, forming small tufts. Roots wiry with small tubers at the tips. Leaves basal, usually 6-8 per plant, linear-lanceolate, 5-42 cm long, hairless or minutely puberulous on the veins. Peduncle flattened, narrowly winged, often with a single sterile bract below the inflorescence. Inflorescence subglobose, dense. Pedicels 1-3 per node, up to 5 mm long in fruit. Flowers white with dark-tipped outer tepals. Capsule shallowly deltoid, up to 6 mm long, transversely ridged.
Notes:	The specimens in the images represent the first records in Mozambique.
Derivation of specific name:	pygmaeum: pygmy rhodesianum: of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
Habitat:	In stony soils in montane grassland.
Altitude range:	1340 - 1800 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	This subspecies is restricted to the Chimanimani Mts in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:	Near Endemic
Red data list status:	Lower Risk - near threatened
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Content last updated:	Sunday 3 July 2016
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 76. Kativu, S. (1994). Synopsis of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 15(1) Pages 74 - 75. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 41 - 42. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81.

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