Chlorophytum macrophyllum (A. Rich.) Asch.

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Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Old power station, Nyahode River

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Old power station, Nyahode River

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Old power station, Nyahode River

Chlorophytum macrophyllum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Old power station, Nyahode River

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Synonyms: Anthericum macrophyllum A. Rich.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Robust perennial, 60-90 cm high, plants often in clumps. Leaves in a basal rosette, large, more or less broadly lanceolate, up to 90 × 12 cm, hairless. Peduncle terete, hairless. Inflorescence unbranched, dense; floral bracts small, hairless. Pedicels clustered, up to 9 at the lower nodes, 8-13 mm long. Flowers white; tepals 5-veined. Filaments shorter than anthers. Capsule shallowly deltoid, 5-8 mm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: macrophyllum: big-leaved
Habitat: In woodland, along streambanks, often on stony doleritic soils.
Altitude range: 100 - 1200 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Widespread from Sierra leone to Ethiopia and south to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Malawi distribution: N,C
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 23 September 2015
Literature:

Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 85 - 86.

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.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 104.

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

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chlorophytum macrophyllum
African Plant Database: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chlorophytum macrophyllum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chlorophytum macrophyllum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chlorophytum macrophyllum
JSTOR Plant Science: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Plants of the World Online: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Tropicos: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Wikipedia: Chlorophytum macrophyllum


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 Malawi: Species information: Chlorophytum macrophyllum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113440, retrieved 28 March 2024

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