Kativu, S. (1994) Synopsis of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 15(1) 43-111
Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008) Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1)
Meerts, P. (2015) Anthericaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise
Perennial herbs with rhizomes or corms, these whitish inside. Leaves in a basal rosette, linear to lanceolate; outer cataphylls often present. Peduncle usually naked, sometimes with bract-like leaves. Inflorescence paniculate, racemose or spicate. Flowers bisexual, hypogynous, actinomorphic to slightly zygomorphic; perianth segments in 2 whorls of 3 each, white or yellowish-green, often with a greenish, reddish or brownish keel. Stamens 3+3. Ovary superior, 3-locular. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds black, ± glossy, without an aril. Worldwide: 29 genera and 500 species, ± cosmopolitan, but especially the tropics and Australia. Rwanda: 1 genus and 7 taxa. |
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