Chlorophytum sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu
var. hockii (De Wild.) Nordal

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Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. hockii

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Understory of miombo woodland growing amongst grasses and herbs near Kalungwishi River between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls

Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. hockii

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Understory of miombo woodland growing amongst grasses and herbs near Kalungwishi River between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls

Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. hockii

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Understory of miombo woodland growing amongst grasses and herbs near Kalungwishi River between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls

Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. hockii

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Understory of miombo woodland growing amongst grasses and herbs near Kalungwishi River between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls

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Status: Native
Description:
Robust perennial; 80-165 cm high, growing from a horizontal rhizome; roots wiry with tubers at tips; leaves in 2 rows, 3-10 per plant, narrowly lanceolate, 18-100 x 0.5-6 cm; peduncle with a few bract like leaves below the inflorescence, flat and winged; inflorescence usually unbranched, subglobose, dense; pedicels 1-3 per node; perianth white, tepals 9-11 mm, 5-9 veined; capsules obovoid to shallowly deltoid, 6-8 mm long; seeds irregular folded, 1-2 mm across.
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Altitude range: 1200 - 1400 m
Flowering time:Nov - Mar
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Tanzania, DRC, Malawi, Zambia
Malawi distribution: N
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Literature:

Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 42 - 44.

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Flora of Zambia: Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. hockii

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


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 sphacelatum var. hockii.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=190290, retrieved 12 October 2024

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