990.000 Chlorophytum Ker Gawl.

ANTHERICUM L.

DASYSTACHYS Baker

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, Roots either swollen without tuber or ± wiry with distinct tubers. Pedicels mostly articulated, usually with more than 1 at each node, less often with 1 and then supported by 2 bracts. Flowers open, star-shaped, urceolate to ± campanulate. Stamens straight or declinate. Ovary sessile, rarely stipitate. Capsule trigonous to deeply 3-lobed in cross-section. Seeds flat or sharply folded.

Worldwide: 215 species, especially in Africa and India

Botswana: 12 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
anceps (Baker) Kativu	N,SE	Description, Image
bowkeri Baker		Description, Image
brachystachyum Baker	N	Description, Image
fasciculatum (Baker) Kativu	SW,SE
galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. galpinii
galpinii (Baker) Kativu var. matabelense (Baker) Kativu		Description, Image
krauseanum (Dinter) Kativu[NrEnd][VU]	SW
longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker	N	Description, Image
pauper Poelln.	N
recurvifolium (Baker) C. Archer & Kativu
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. milanjianum (Rendle) Nordal	N,SE	Description, Image
sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu var. sphacelatum

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Flora of Caprivi: Chlorophytum
Flora of Malawi: Chlorophytum
Flora of Mozambique: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zambia: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chlorophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Chlorophytum

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chlorophytum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chlorophytum
Wikipedia: Chlorophytum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chlorophytum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chlorophytum