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Boophane disticha (L.f.) Herb.
Bulbous herb, with a large bulb to 250 mm diameter; leaves deciduous,
arranged in a distinctive fan, to 600 mm long, linear-oblong, often twisted,
grey-green; flowers in a large round inflorescence of 50 or more flowers,
each flowering on a long (30–100 mm) stalk, flowers pink to purplish; fruit
a 3-lobed capsule; in grassland or open woodland on well-drained soils;
200–2,500 m. South Africa to Angola, D.R.C., Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Source. F.T.E.A. Amaryllidaceae: 21 (1982).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill
1979).
Cyrtanthus breviflorus Harv.
Anoiganthus breviflorus (Harv.) Baker; Cyrtanthus luteus Baker
Small bulbous plant; leaves appearing with or after the flowers, green to
greyish, linear, to 380 mm long (usually less), 3–9 mm broad; inflorescence
with 1–5 flowers, flowers bright yellow, tubular, often narrowing at the
mouth; fruit a capsule; in moist montane grasslands, in upland bogs or
Chlorophytum blepharophyllum Schweinf. ex Baker
Plants single or clumped, 100–400 mm tall, rhizome small, roots spongy
with tubers at tips; leaves rosulate, discolorous, lanceolate, 100–300 x 15–
40(70) mm, channelled, glabrous, margins hyaline and ciliate; inflorescence
usually unbranched, 80–150 mm long, flowers whitish tinged greenish cream
to brownish, petals reflexed, 6–8 x 1.5–2.5 mm; in open miombo woodland
and grassland, on rocky outcrops, often in light sandy and stony soils;
50–2,450 m. Widespread in Africa, from Mozambique and Zimbabwe to
Angola, Senegal, and Ethiopia.
Source. F.T.E.A. Anthericaceae: 51 (1997).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill
1979).
Chlorophytum cameronii (Baker) Kativu var. pterocaulon
(Baker) Nordal
Anthericum pterocaulon Welw. ex Baker; Anthericum buchananii Baker;
Chlorophytum pterocaulon (Welw. ex Baker) Kativu
Plants tufted, 100 mm to 1 m tall, rhizome short, roots thin, wiry; leaves
more or less distichous, broadly linear to lanceolate, 100–800 x 5–40 mm,
glabrous, margins and midrib sometimes ciliate; inflorescence usually
unbranched, to 250 mm long, rachis winged in lower part, peduncle hairless,
flowers white to pinkish, aging to reddish, petals 10–15 x 4–7 mm;
capsule obovoid, 6–8.5 mm long; in open woodland and grassland, in seasonally
wet areas, and in swampy places; 0–3,300 m. Widespread in tropical
Africa from Mozambique and Zimbabwe to Cameroon, Sudan, and
Ethiopia. It is possible that more than one subspecies of C. cameronii occurs
on Nyika.
Source. Kativu (1994: 72); F.T.E.A. Anthericaceae: 32 (1997).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, Chelinda Bridge, 1975, Phillips 1061 (K,
MO); without locality or collecting details, subspecies unknown (Mill 1979).
Chlorophytum colubrinum (Welw. ex Baker) Engl.
Anthericum colubrinum Welw. ex Baker; Chlorophytum campanulatum
(Baker) Engl.
Plants often in clumps, 0.2–1.5 m tall, rhizome thick, moniliform, roots
spongy, without tubers; leaves more or less distichous, 120–750 x 5–
25(40) mm, margins scabrid to shortly ciliate; inflorescence a narrowly
spicate raceme, more or less unbranched, flowers white, petals 6–10 x 1.5–
3 mm; capsule obovoid, 4–8 x 3.5–5 mm; in open woodland or wooded
grassland, often on stony soils in rocky areas; 500–3,000 m. Mozambique
and Zimbabwe to Angola, D.R.C., Rwanda, and Tanzania.
Source. F.T.E.A. Anthericaceae: 19 (1997).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Patel
MONOCOTYLEDONS
AMARYLLIDACEAE
ANTHERICACEAE
dambos, and along streams; 1,650–2,500 m. South Africa to Angola,
D.R.C., Kenya, and Tanzania.
Source. Brummitt (1973); F.T.E.A. Amaryllidaceae: 26 (1982).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, between Nganda and Muzengapakweru,
1972, Synge 360 (K).
Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf. subsp. multiflorus
Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn
Bulbous herb 150 mm to 1 m tall, petioles forming a false stem; leaves
lanceolate to ovate, appearing after flowering; inflorescence large, roundish,
100–200 mm diameter, composed of 10–200 scarlet flowers with spreading
lobes, fading to pink with age; fruit a red or pink berry 5–10 mm diameter;
in a wide variety of habitats, from woodland, riverine vegetation,
montane forest or grassland; to 2,700 m. Throughout tropical Africa, from
South Africa to Yemen.
Source. F.T.E.A. Amaryllidaceae: 4 (1982).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, locally occasional (Dowsett-Lemaire 1985: 319).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, locally occasional (Dowsett-Lemaire 1985: 319).
1999); Chisanga Falls, 2000, Burrows & Burrows 6789 (MAL, PRE).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, Chowo Rocks, 1968, Simon, Williamson & Ball
1665 (B, SRGH).
Chlorophytum floribundum Baker
Plants 160–550 mm tall, rhizome short, vertical, roots narrow, bearing round
tubers; leaves 4–13, rosulate, lanceolate to elliptic, 100–400 x 10–50 mm,
sharply pointed, hairless; inflorescence of branched racemes, flowers greenish
to whitish with a green keel, petals 5–8 x 1–2 mm; in open miombo woodland,
often on termite mounds; 800–2,150 m. Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia,
and Tanzania.
Source. Kativu (1994: 60); F.T.E.A. Anthericaceae: 47 (1997).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, 1.5 km N. of M1 road, 1978, Pawek 13707 (K,
MA).
Chlorophytum leptoneurum (C.H.Wright) Poelln.
Plants small, 50–80(120) mm high, growing in clumps, rhizome horizontal,
stoloniferous, roots reduced to elongate tubers; leaves rosulate, more
or less prostrate, linear to oblanceolate, 30–100 x 5–20 mm, hairless above,
hairy below, margins ciliate; inflorescence dense, unbranched, flowers white;
capsule roundish, 2.5–3 mm diameter; in open miombo woodland and grassland,
on bare patches, often on sandy soils; 800–2,600 m. Zimbabwe,
Malawi, Zambia, Angola, D.R.C., and Tanzania.
Source. Kativu (1994: 65); F.T.E.A. Anthericaceae: 22 (1997).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Nacheri, 1903, McClounie 89 (K, holo.; B, iso.).
Chlorophytum nyassae (Rendle) Kativu
Chlorophytum glabriflorum C.H.Wright
Plants 180 mm–1.4 m tall, rhizome vertical, without tubers; leaves linearlanceolate,
clasping below, 90–700 x 4–20 mm, glabrous, midrib and veins
prominent, margin flat; inflorescence a loose panicle, flowers white to yellowish,
petals 7–11 mm long; capsule obovoid, ca 8 mm long; in montane
grassland and scrubland, often in gullies and around water courses, on
stony ground; 800–2,800 m. Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania.
Source. Kativu (1994: 69); F.T.E.A. Anthericaceae: 13 (1997).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Dembo Bridge, 1976, Phillips 906 (MO, K).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, close to border with Malawi, 1961, Richards 14389
(K).
Chlorophytum sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu
Anthericum sphacelatum Baker
Plants 0.35–1.5 m tall, rhizome horizontal, roots many, thin, bearing tubers;
leaves ca 8, distichous, lanceolate, 180 mm to 1 m x 5–40 mm, with
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