Chlorophytum silvaticum Dammer

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Near corner Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave, Borrowdale Common, Harare

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Synonyms:	Chlorophytum bakeri Poelln. Chlorophytum comatum Poelln. Chlorophytum inexpectatum Poelln. Chlorophytum papilliferum Poelln. Dasystachys debilis Baker Dasystachys gracilis Baker
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herbs up to 45 cm high, often forming clumps. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 34 cm long and up to 12 mm wide, hairless; margin slightly undulate. Peduncle slender, terete, hairless. Inflorescence dense, 3-15 cm long, spike-like; floral bracts lanceolate, up to 10 mm long. Pedicels solitary, articulated at the apex. Perianth slightly bell-shaped, white; tepals 6 mm long, 1-veined. Anthers small, c. 1 mm long, much shorter than filaments. Capsule subglobose, c. 3 × 5 mm, 3-angled, deeply lobed.
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Habitat:	On loamy soils in grassland and open woodland.
Altitude range:	400 - 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	N
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Literature:	Kativu, S. (1994). Synopsis of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 15(1) Pages 75 - 76. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 65 - 66. 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.

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