Asparagaceae
Chlorophytum

Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 332 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Eritrea and Tanzania, Central & S. India to Myanmar. It is a tuberous perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Biswas, R.N. & Temburnikar, S.O. (2003). Safed Musli (Chlorophytum species) - a Wonder Drug in the Tropical Zone. XII World Forestry Congress. Quebec City, Canada.
  • Burkill, H.M. (1995). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa: Vol. 3 Families J – L. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Crook, V. (2008). Chlorophytum tuberosum. Assessment using IUCN Categories and Criteria 3.1 (IUCN 2001). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nayar, M.P. & Sastry, A.R.K. (1988). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 2. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Nayar, M.P., Ramamurthy, K. & Agarwal, V.S. (1989). Economic Plants of India, Vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1997). Flora of Tropical East Africa: Anthericaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (Accessed 12 April 2011).

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 508.
  • in J. Linn. Soc. 15: 332 (1876)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 318 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 508 (1898).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 15: 332 (1876).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg.) p. 1537 (1971).
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 140 (1895).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 268 (1956).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 102 (1968).
  • Nordal & Thulin in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 277 (1993).
  • Nordal in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 97 (1997).
  • Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 15, fig. 15 (1962).
  • Thulin in Fl. Somalia 4: 47 (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Bally [3143], Kenya K000390684 No
Jan 1, 1997 Bally [14462], Kenya K000390686 No
Jan 1, 1997 Bogdan, A. [2981], Kenya K000390697 No
Jan 1, 1997 Beesley, J.S.S. [97], Tanzania K000390715 No
Jan 1, 1997 Rayner, R.W. [423], Kenya K000390695 No
Jan 1, 1997 Braun, K. [5129], Tanzania K000390724 No
Jan 1, 1997 Beesley, J.S.S. [232], Tanzania K000390714 No
Jan 1, 1997 Richards, M. [29172], Tanzania K000390719 No
Jan 1, 1997 Drummond, R.B. [2269], Tanzania K000390725 No
Jan 1, 1997 Gillett, J.B. [16433], Kenya K000390713 No
Jan 1, 1997 Polhill [370], Kenya K000390698 No
Jan 1, 1997 Gillett, J.B. [21225], Kenya K000390687 No
Jan 1, 1997 Bally [14479], Kenya K000390688 No
Jan 1, 1997 Langridge, C. [1306], Kenya K000390701 No
Jan 1, 1997 Greenway, P.J. [12718], Kenya K000390712 No
Jan 1, 1997 Adamson, J. [28], Kenya K000390702 No
Jan 1, 1997 Mainwaring [28], Kenya K000390693 No
Jan 1, 1997 Greenway, P.J. [12718], Kenya K000390711 No
Jan 1, 1997 Richards, H.M. [24746], Tanzania K000390721 No
Jan 1, 1997 Rawlins, S.P. [603], Kenya K000390707 No
Jan 1, 1997 Brenan, J.P.M. [14864], Kenya K000390689 No
Jan 1, 1997 Rayner, R.W. [423], Kenya K000390696 No
Jan 1, 1997 Burtt, B.D. [1728], Tanzania K000390729 No
Jan 1, 1997 Chuwa, S. [3059], Tanzania K000390720 No
Jan 1, 1997 Bally [12140], Tanzania K000390716 No
Jan 1, 1997 Polhill [387], Kenya K000390700 No
Jan 1, 1997 Richards, M. [27981], Tanzania K000390722 No
Jan 1, 1997 Jeffery, G.W. [575], Kenya K000390708 No
Jan 1, 1997 Gillett, J.B. [16957], Kenya K000390699 No
Jan 1, 1997 Milne-Redhead, E. [7149], Kenya K000390706 No
Jan 1, 1997 Dyson, W.G. [504], Tanzania K000390723 No
Jan 1, 1997 Luke, W.R.Q. [3924], Kenya K000390705 No
Jan 1, 1997 Koristschomer, H. [2290], Tanzania K000390718 No
Jan 1, 1997 Mathew, B. [6200], Kenya K000390694 No
Jan 1, 1997 Scott-Elliot, G.F. [6241], Kenya K000390703 No
Jan 1, 1997 Drummond, R.B. [2269], Tanzania K000390726 No
Jan 1, 1997 Purseglove, J.W. [1356], Uganda K000390683 No
Jan 1, 1997 Martin, W.H. [94], Kenya K000390692 No
Jan 1, 1997 Mabui, J.M. [57], Uganda K000390681 No
Jan 1, 1997 Gillett, J.B. [12751], Kenya K000390685 No
Jan 1, 1997 Archbold, N.E. [1221], Tanzania K000390731 No
Jan 1, 1997 Burtt, B.D. [3524], Tanzania K000390728 No
Jan 1, 1997 Brenan, J.P.M. [14864], Kenya K000390690 No
Jan 1, 1997 Greenway, P.J. [14961], Tanzania K000390730 No
Jan 1, 1997 Harris, L.D. [160], Tanzania K000390727 No
Jan 1, 1997 Bally, P.R.O. [8152], Kenya K000390710 No
Jan 1, 1997 Richards, M. [20130], Tanzania K000390717 No
Jan 1, 1997 Polhill, E. [375], Kenya K000390691 No
Jan 1, 1997 Rauh, W. [12471], Kenya K000390709 No
Jan 1, 1992 Wellby, U.S. [s.n.], Ethiopia K000390669 No
Oct 23, 1989 Mathew, K.M. [52083], India K000390774 No
Jan 1, 1972 Wilde, W.J.J.O. de [7344], Ethiopia K000390671 No
Jan 1, 1966 Chevalier [8830], Central African Republic K000256842 Unknown type material Yes
Feb 15, 1928 Lushington, A.W. [s.n.], India K000390778 No
Feb 15, 1928 Lushington, A.W. [s.n.], India K000390769 No
Feb 15, 1928 Gamble, J.S. [15237], India K000390767 No
Feb 15, 1928 s.coll. [s.n.], India K000390764 No
Feb 15, 1928 Gamble, J.S. [21367], India K000390780 No
Feb 15, 1928 Gamble, J.S. [20877], India K000390770 No
Feb 15, 1928 G.J. [105], India K000390771 No
Feb 15, 1928 Gamble, J.S. [17724], India K000390777 No
Feb 15, 1928 s.coll. [s.n.], India K000390779 No
Feb 15, 1928 Fischer, C.E.C. [3108], India K000390763 No
Feb 15, 1928 G.J. [s.n.], India K000390772 No
Feb 15, 1928 Gamble, J.S. [15112], India K000390746 No
Feb 15, 1924 s.coll. [s.n.], India K000390748 No
Polhill, R. [370], Kenya 1267.000 No
Barnes, E. [627], India 16711.000 No
Rayner, R. W. [423], Kenya 2397.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [12718], Kenya 30759.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [7149], Kenya 31138.000 No
Drummond, R. B. [2269], Tanzania 4439.000 No
Bally, P.R. [8152], Kenya 5445.000 No
Schimper [1261], Ethiopia K000256865 Unknown type material Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [235], Nigeria K000390637 No
Brown, A.F. [s.n.], Sudan K000390646 No
Andrews, E.W. [793], Sudan K000390647 No
Simpson, N.D. [7003], Sudan K000390655 No
Corke, K. [2], Sudan K000390660 No
Mohammed, M.S. [3894], Sudan K000390661 No
Wickens, G.E. [3613], Sudan K000390662 No
Wickens, G.E. [2026], Sudan K000390664 No
Wickens, G.E. [1771], Sudan K000390668 No
Chandler [544], Uganda K000390680 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [94323], Tanzania K000390732 No
Haines, H.H. [5849], India K000390738 No
Ruport-Arter, P. [507], Nepal K000390739 No
Gamble, J.S. [1310], India K000390743 No
Barnes, E. [627], India K000390747 No
Haines, H.H. [4376], India K000390751 No
s.coll. [555], India K000390756 No
Barnes, E. [1247], India K000390761 No
Venugopal, N. [17704], India K000390773 No
Parkinson, C.E. [1584], Myanmar K000390782 No
Dassanayaka [240], Sri Lanka K000390783 No
O'Brien, E.M. [73], Somalia K000390675 No
Lano [s.n.], India K000390776 No
Cramer, L.H. [240], Sri Lanka K000390785 No
Mooney, H.F. [2680], India K000390736 No
Quezel, P.Q. [s.n.], Sudan K000390650 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.], India K000390741 No
Simpson, N.D. [7003], Sudan K000390656 No
Duthie, J.F. [28], India K000390734 No
Friis, I. [4633], Somalia K000390677 No
Ball [6162], India K000390760 No
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000390775 No
Thornewill, A.S. [160], Nigeria K000390640 No
Schimper, M.W. [161], Ethiopia K000390674 No
Kuchar, P. [16971], Somalia K000390676 No
Haines, H.H. [4376], India K000390750 No
Friis, I. [2553], Ethiopia K000390673 No
Woodrow, G.M. [101], India K000390755 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [94317], Tanzania K000390733 No
Aglen [49], Sudan K000390658 No
Dalzell [s.n.], India K000390754 Yes
Ash, J. [3500], Ethiopia K000390670 No
Schweinfurth, G. [6], Sudan K000390654 No
Mohamed, A. [s.n.], Sudan K000390652 No
Thulin, M. [4037], Ethiopia K000390672 No
Stocks [2036], India K000390758 No
Dassanayaka [240], Sri Lanka K000390784 No
Dalzell [s.n.], India K000390752 Unknown type material Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [234], Nigeria K000390639 No
Wickens, G.E. [3601], Sudan K000390649 No
Wickens, G.E. [1826], Sudan K000390667 No
Myers, J.G. [8961], Sudan K000390645 No
Harsukh [22818], India K000390744 No
Jackson, J.K. [1915], Sudan K000390659 No
Wickens, G.E. [2000], Sudan K000390665 No
Parkinson, C.E. [1584], Myanmar K000390781 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.], India K000390742 No
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000390757 No
A [392], Sudan K000390648 No
Stocks [s.n.], India K000390759 No
Fishwick, R.W. [42093], Nigeria K000390642 No
Lea, J.D. [210], Sudan K000390657 No
Wickens, G.E. [3610], Sudan K000390663 No
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000390749 No
Mooney, H.F. [810], India K000390737 No
Noble, H.L. [55], Nigeria K000390641 No
Wickens, G.E. [2000], Sudan K000390666 No
Harsukh [22818], India K000390745 No
Bell [6104], India K000390766 No
Barnes, E. [1248], India K000390762 No
Faizi [s.n.], Sudan K000390653 No
Harsukh [22818], India K000390740 No
Thulin, M. [4461], Somalia K000390679 No
Summerhayes, G.V. [63], Nigeria K000390638 No
Jacques-Félix, H. [3743], Cameroon K000391037 No
s.coll. [15], Sudan K000390643 No
Stocks [s.n.], India K000390768 No
Brown [544], Sudan K000390651 No
Johnston, H.B. [11], Sudan K000390644 No
Bytebier, B. [1204], Kenya K000390704 No
Dalzell [s.n.], India K000390753 Yes
Barnes, E. [1249], India K000390765 No

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0