Asparagaceae

Chlorophytum Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1071 (1807)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Trop & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Azores, Ecuador, Juan Fernández Is., Korea, Madeira, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nauru, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Réunion, Seychelles, St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Meerts, P. & Bjorå, C.S. (2012). Synopsis of the genus Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi). Plant ecology and evolution 145: 373-409.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 493.
  • in Bot. Mag. t. 1071 (1807)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Bot. Mag. 27: t.107 (1807), amended Kativu & Nordal in Nordic J. Bot. 13: 61 (1993).
  • in F.T.A. 7: 493 (1898).
  • ―Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 321 (1876);
  • ―Bjorå, Hoell, Kativu & Nordal in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 157: 223–238 (2008).
  • ―Krause in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed.2 15a: 284 (1930).
  • ―Marais & Reilly in Kew Bull. 32: 653 (1978).
  • ―Nordal, Eriksen & Fosby in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23b: 535 (1990).
  • ―Obermeyer in Bothalia 7: 690 (1962).
  • ―Stedje & Nordal in Seyani & Chikuni, Proc. 12th AETFAT Congress: 513–524 (1994).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in F.T.A. 7: 493 (1898)
  • Kativu & Nordal in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 59–65 (1993)
  • Marais & Reilly in K.B. 32: 653–663 (1978)
  • Nordal & Thulin in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 257–280 (1993)
  • Nordal et al. in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23: 535–559 (1990)
  • Oberm. in Bothalia 7: 690 (1962)
  • Stedje & Nordal in Seyani & Chikuni, Proc. XIII AETFAT, Malawi, 1991: 513–524 (1994)
  • emend. Nordal in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 61 (1993)
  • in Bot. Mag. 27, t. 1071 (1807)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [445] Cameroon K000542351 No
Aug 1, 2002 Mackinder, B. [307 B] Cameroon K000008008 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Stolz. [339] Tanzania K000257030 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Stolz. [339] Tanzania K000257031 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Welwitsch [3777-3778-3779] Angola K000256921 Type Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9858] Zambia K001870079 Yes
Rayner, R.W. [439] Kenya K:SPC-02401.000 No
Wild, H. [2277] Zimbabwe K:SPC-05452.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [2135] Kenya K:SPC-03694.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [367] Uganda K:SPC-05449.000 No
Rodway, F.A. [386] Australia K:SPC-18224.000 No
Rayner, R.W. [424] Kenya K:SPC-02409.000 No
Veitch, J. [9] K000794603 Unknown Type Material Yes
Polhill, R. [384] Kenya K:SPC-01268.000 No
Wild, H. [35275] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02406.000 No
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Pleiss, D.; Du Pleiss, S; O'Connor, N. Zambia K001870069 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9858] Zambia K001328473 Yes
Merrett, L. [2449] Zambia K001567674 Yes
Wild, H. [2284] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04423.000 No
Rayner, R.W. [282] Kenya K:SPC-16700.000 No
Napier, E.R. [3564] Kenya K:SPC-02411.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [25913] Nigeria K:SPC-04440.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3227] Zambia K:SPC-38337.000 No
Wild, H. [2280] Zimbabwe K:SPC-15163.000 No
Osborne, J.; Mapoule, K.; Nyirenda, F. [JO 1037] Zambia K000569433 Yes
Burchell [3650] South Africa K000256979 Type Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8231] Zambia K001567675 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM 558] Zambia K001567673 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5059] Nepal K000639347 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3507] Tanzania K:SPC-22847.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A. [9057] Angola K001625947 Yes
Davies, F.G. [s.n.] India K001636173 No
Harris, D.J. [2460] Cameroon K:SPC-60036.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [477] Kenya K:SPC-04444.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5060] K001104640 Unknown Type Material Yes
Patel, H. [7307] Mozambique K000613569 No
Bidgood, S., Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8600] Zambia K000569940 Holotype Yes
Birnbaum, P. [939] Mali K001532611 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5059] K001104638 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [44906] Zimbabwe K:SPC-05441.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14109] Kenya K:SPC-02402.000 No
Wild, H. [27079] Zimbabwe K:SPC-15164.000 No
Timberlake, J. [5017] Mozambique K000613396 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4435] Kenya K:SPC-02412.000 No
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Tanzania K000365093 Lectotype Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1240 A] Tanzania K:SPC-06604.000 No
Schnell, R. [7052] Guinea K003737063 Yes
Veitch, J. [9] K000794604 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lugard E.J; Lugard C. [629] Kenya K000400450 Type Yes
Verdcourt, B. [138] Tanzania K:SPC-02403.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [795] Kenya K:SPC-03692.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2893] Zambia K:SPC-31240.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5061] K001104642 Unknown Type Material Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1401] Tanzania K:SPC-03686.000 No
Rayner [342] Kenya K:SPC-05447.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1224] Tanzania K:SPC-05573.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5059] Bangladesh K000639340 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tanner, R. [476] Tanzania K:SPC-04443.000 No
Napier, E.R. [3565] Kenya K:SPC-02405.000 No
Welwitsch [3781] Angola K000256961 Type Yes
Henry, A. [12288] China K000794601 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rayner, R.W. [284] Kenya K:SPC-16701.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [388] Kenya K:SPC-02404.000 No
Cruse, A.W. [428] Zambia K:SPC-02407.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1478] Tanzania K:SPC-02410.000 No
Morse, H.B. [580] China K000794599 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-16712.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5059] Nepal K001104639 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13968] Kenya K:SPC-02408.000 No
Tweedie, E. M. [1354] Kenya K:SPC-06445.000 No
Chandler, P. [2138] Uganda K:SPC-04445.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [12819] Kenya K:SPC-02413.000 No
Wild, H. [40798] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04442.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5060] K001104641 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2776] Uganda K003739095 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3794] Kenya K:SPC-15161.000 No
Wild, H. [44550] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04441.000 No
Morse, H.B. [s.n.] China K000794600 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [3953] Zimbabwe K:SPC-05446.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3584] Tanzania K:SPC-15165.000 No
Rayner, R. W. [532] Kenya K:SPC-02395.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8186] Kenya K:SPC-05448.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3640] Zambia K:SPC-29113.000 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [4247] South Africa K000365063 Type Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [4247] South Africa K000365062 Type Yes

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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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