Chlorophytum longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker

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Kariba

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Runde Viewpoint near Chipinda Pools, Gonarezhou National Park.

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Along main Zvishavane - Rutenga road

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Synonyms:	Anthericum drimiopsis Baker Anthericum longifolium A. Rich. Anthericum lunatum Poelln. Caesia africana sensu Baker Chlorophytum dolomiticum Dinter Chlorophytum drimiopsis (Baker) Poelln. Chlorophytum papillosum Rendle Chlorophytum pleiophyllum Poelln. Chlorophytum poricolum Poelln. Chlorophytum tsumebensis Dinter Chlorophytum welwitschii Poelln. Dasystachys falcata Baker
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Description:	Perennial herbs up to c. 1 m tall, growing from a thick horizontal, regularly constricted rhizome; roots long, spongy, often swollen towards the tips. Leaves many, linear-lanceolate, up to 50 cm long, half-folded; margin wavy, ciliate. Peduncle terete, hairless below, densely papillate-pubescent above; bracts linear, up to 15 cm long. Inflorescence usually with 1-3 basal branches, densely flowered; floral bracts linear, lower ones up to 20 mm long. Pedicels 1-5 per node, c. 5 mm long in fruit. Perianth slightly bell-shaped, united at the base, white; tepals 3-veined, densely glandular-papillate. Capsule obovoid, up to 10 mm long, 3-angled, deeply lobed.
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Derivation of specific name:	longifolium: with long leaves
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.
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Literature:	Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds) (2003). Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Pages 969 - 970. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 63 - 64. 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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