Chlorophytum galpinii (Baker) Kativu
var. matabelense (Baker) Kativu

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Synonyms:	Anthericum kapiriense De Wild. Anthericum matabalense Baker Anthericum patulum Baker Anthericum volkii Sölch
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Status:	Native
Description:	Herb, up to 80 cm tall, tufted or solitary, growing from a small, regularly constricted rhizome with fibrous remains of old leaf bases; roots wiry with tubers at the tips; leaves in 2 rows, linear to linear-lanceolate, 5 – 65 x 1 – 1.5 cm, margins and midribs glabrous or scabrid (never hairy); peduncle flat with scabrid wing (never ciliate-hairy); inflorescence racemose, unbranched or divaricately branched; floral bracts small, dark brown; pedicles articulated below middle, 1 – 3 per node, c. 9 mm long in fruit; perianth white; tepals 7-15 mm long, 3-veined; stamens declinate, in two groups usually 2+4 arrangement; filaments longer than anthers; style declinate, as long as stamens; capsule shallow deltoid, transversely ridged, 2-8 mm long; seeds irregularly folded, c. 1-1.8 mm across.
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Derivation of specific name:	galpinii: after E.E. Galpin (1858-1941), a botanical collector. matabelense: of Matabeleland in South-western Zimbabwe
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Flowering time:	Oct - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	From Angola and Congo east to Mozambique south to N South Africa.
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Content last updated:	Sunday 7 July 2024
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 45 - 48. (Includes a picture). 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 114.

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