Details of record no: 93202

Chlorophytum sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu
var. sphacelatum

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Date: 11 Apr 2014
Recorder(s):E Tjiteere
Collector(s):E Tjiteere
14/ch-P1
Determiner(s):S Rügheimer
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:WIND
Habitat: Uncommon on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil under full sun conditions.
Location: Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park, Chetto village, south of the Trans Caprivi Highway.
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Planted code: Not planted
Country: Namibia (Caprivi Strip)
Quarter Degree Square: 1722D3
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Altitude (metres): 0
Notes: Annual herb, 1.3 m high (1 m flower part, 30 cm leaves part). Stem green, short, smooth. Leaves long, thin, hairless, dark to shiny green, smooth margin, linear. Fruit small, 4 winged pods, cream in colour when dry. Seeds small, round in outline, flat, black. Underground organ small tubers interconnected, smooth brown roots extending from the tuber.
Latitude, Longitude: -17.965194, 22.561694
Location Accuracy Code: 5

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Individual record no: 93202: Chlorophytum sphacelatum.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=93202, retrieved 20 April 2024

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