Chlorophytum affine Baker
var. curviscapum (Poelln.) Hanid

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Sun Ray vlei, on road to Domboshawa

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Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools

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By road in to Hippo Pools, Umfurudzi Safari Area

Flower
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Synonyms:	Anthericum curviscapum Poelln.
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Description:	Perennial herb, growing from a horizontal rhizome with fibrous roots, bearing white tubers. Leaves 4-9, forming a fan, overlapping at the base, more or less broadly linear, 10-48 cm long. Inflorescences 1-3 axillary, short racemes, strongly deflexed at the base. Flowers white, c. 7 mm long. Capsule c. 4 × 5 mm, 3-sided, deeply lobed, smooth.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Derivation of specific name:	affine: related to or allied to
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Worldwide distribution:	Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Literature:	Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 60 - 61. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 56.

Flora of Malawi: Chlorophytum affine var. curviscapum
Flora of Zambia: Chlorophytum affine var. curviscapum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chlorophytum affine var. curviscapum

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chlorophytum affine
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chlorophytum affine
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