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This species is accepted, and its native range is Nepal to S. Central China and N. Thailand.
Chlorophytum nepalense

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet

Chlorophytum nepalense (Lindl.) Baker appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Wallich, N. [5059], Nepal K000794572
Forrest, G. [11183], Yunnan Chlorophytum oreogenes K000794597
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India Chlorophytum khasianum K000794578
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India Chlorophytum khasianum K000794579
Griffith, W. [921], India Chlorophytum khasianum K000794581
Clarke, C.B. [38463], Meghalaya Chlorophytum khasianum K000794580
Forrest, G. [16925], Yunnan Chlorophytum mekongense K000794598

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 330 (1876)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Science Photographs
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