Chlorophytum pubiflorum Baker

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Entrance road to Envirotrade, Nhambita, Gorongosa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.

Synonyms:	Chlorophytum paniculosum Poelln.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herbs up to c. 80 cm tall, growing from a horizontal rhizome. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 40 cm long, more or less in 2 rows, overlapping at the base. Inflorescence a panicle consisting of 3-10 racemose branches, each branch subtended by a bract. Pedicels 2-4 per node, articulated below the middle, more or less densely papillate hairy. Flowers greenish-white, papillate hairy. Stamens as long as the tepals; filaments much longer than the anthers. Capsule globose, 3-angled, c. 5 × 5 mm.
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Derivation of specific name:	pubiflorum: with pubescent hairs on the flowers, referring to the papillate hairs on the tepals and pedicels.
Habitat:	In seasonally wet grassland, on floodplains and along river margins.
Altitude range:	Up to 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 21 September 2013
Literature:	Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Page 63.

Flora of Malawi: Chlorophytum pubiflorum
Flora of Zambia: Chlorophytum pubiflorum

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