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Chlorophytum leptoneurum
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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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Hippo Pools, by road in to camp, Umfurudzi Safari Area
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Hippo Pools, by road in to camp, Umfurudzi Safari Area
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Hippo Pools, by road in to camp, Umfurudzi Safari Area
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| Synonyms: |
Chlorophytum tenellum Poelln. Dasystachys leptoneura C.H. Wright Verdickia katangensis De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Very small herb, 5-15 cm high, growing from a narrow horizontal rhizome; roots mostly reduced to small elongated tubers at the nodes of the rhizome. Leaves 1-3, basal, usually almost flat on the ground, lineae to oblanceolate, 2-20 cm long, pubescent above, usually hairless beneath; margin somewhat wavy, cilate. peduncle 1.5-3 cm long, closely ribbed. Inflorescence unbranched, densely flowered; floral bracts lanceolate with ciliate margins. Flowers singly at each bract; perianth united at the base, slightly bell-shaped, white; tepals 1-veinedhairless. Stamens exserted; filaments longer than anthers. Capsule subglobose, 3-angled, c. 2.5 × 3 mm. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | leptoneurum: fine-nerved |
| Habitat: | In open woodland, often on bare patches in sandy soil. |
| Altitude range: | 450 - 1300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
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. (1994). Synopsis of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 15(1) Pages 65 - 66. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 64 - 65. 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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