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 Plants of the Nyika Plateau 287 AMARYLLIDACEAE
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus Del. Sandie Burrows 10 mm 288 Plants of the Nyika Plateau Raphia farinifera Del. Sandie Burrows 20 mm 70 mm Culcasia falcifolia Del. Sandie Burrows Del. Sandie Burrows Stylochiton cf. puberulus 70 mm 20 mm
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