Chlorophytum nyasae (Rendle) Kativu

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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Anthericum nyasae Rendle Chlorophytum glabriflorum C.H.Wright
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb up to 1.4 m high, growing from a short vertical rhizome; roots in a dense mass, spongy, without tubers. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, up to 70 cm long, clasping at the base, hairless; margins and midrib prominent; margin not wavy. Peduncle terete, up to 80 cm long, hairless, with bract-like leaves all along. Inflorescence a lax, few-branched panicle. Pedicels up to 12 mm long in fruit, 1-few per node. Flowers white to yellowish-white; tepals -11 mm long; Capsule obovoid, 3-sided, c. 8 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	nyasae: of Nyasaland, colonial name for Malawi.
Habitat:	In montane grassland, often near watercourses or on stony ground.
Altitude range:	800 - 2800 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Malawi distribution:	N,S
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 24 July 2019
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 194 - 195. as Chlorophytum glabriflorum (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 287. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 72 - 73. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 41.

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