Asparagaceae
Chlorophytum

Chlorophytum gallabatense Schweinf. ex Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 325 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Namibia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds.) (2004). A Checklist of Zimbabwean Vascular Plants: 1-148. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET), Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Meerts, P. (2015). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Anthericaceae: 1-119. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 650.
  • in F.T.A. 7: 504 (1898)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 325 (1876).
  • ―Baker in F.T.A. 7: 504 (1898).
  • ―Kativu in Kirkia 15: 60 (1994).
  • ―Nordal, Kativu & Poulsen in F.T.E.A., Anthericaceae: 45 (1997).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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, t. 145 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 504 (1898).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 15: 325 (1876)
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 425 (1932).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 267 (1956).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 99 (1968).
  • Nordal & Thulin in Nordic Journ. Bot. 13: 265 (1993).
  • Nordal in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 99 (1997).
  • Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 12, fig. 10 (1962).
  • Thulin, Fl. Somalia 4: 48 (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Goetze, W. [504] Tanzania K000257064 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Hildebrandt, J.M. [2650] Kenya K000257062 Holotype Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [751] Ethiopia K003737433 Yes
Ash [979] Ethiopia K:SPC-36416.000 No
Ash, J.W. [784] Ethiopia K003737429 Yes
Friis, I.; Lisanework, N.; Michelsen, A. [6236] Ethiopia K003737426 Yes
Ash, J.W. [979] Ethiopia K003737428 Yes
Rayner, R.W. [542] Kenya K:SPC-02388.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3645] Zambia K:SPC-29337.000 No
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; K. Vollesen [2669A] Ethiopia K003737420 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4557] Ethiopia K003737418 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1834] Sudan K003737410 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9834] Zambia K001573795 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [889] Sudan K003737411 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [1528] Tanzania K000257063 Isotype Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [147] Ethiopia K003737425 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [58] Ethiopia K003737419 Yes
Wild, H. [44881] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02389.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [1998] Kenya K:SPC-03689.000 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9996] Zambia K001573794 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9834] Zambia K001573798 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [638] Ethiopia K003737431 Yes
Schweinfurth [s.n.] Sudan K003737412 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15860] Ethiopia K003737421 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [248] Sudan K003737405 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3324] Zambia K:SPC-38351.000 No
Jackson, J.K. [3066] Sudan K003737414 Yes
Ash [784] Ethiopia K:SPC-36423.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [10] Sudan K000256867 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1894] Sudan K003737409 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [143U] Ethiopia K003737430 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3213] Zambia K:SPC-30256.000 No
Polhill, R. [410] Kenya K:SPC-03687.000 No
Ash, J. [1887] Ethiopia K003737422 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8603] Tanzania K:SPC-24466.000 No
Beccari, O. [185] K003737415 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3326] Zambia K:SPC-38416.000 No
Schlieben, H.J. [391] Tanzania K000257065 Isotype Yes
MacIntosh, D.H. [96K] Sudan K003737406 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [13774] Ethiopia K003737417 Yes
Burger, W. [3050] Ethiopia K003737427 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3494] Ethiopia K003737423 Yes
O'Brien, E.M. [164] Somalia K003737435 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Malaku Wandefrash; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8325] Ethiopia K003737424 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [13509] Ethiopia K003737416 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [6810] Ethiopia K003737434 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [7199] Ethiopia K003737432 Yes
von Ramm, C. [190] Sudan K003737407 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1827] Sudan K003737408 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11031] Sudan K003737413 Yes

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  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0