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Synopsis of Anthericum and Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) in the Horn of Africa, including the description of nine new species
Author(s) -
Nordal Inger,
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00047.x
Subject(s) - endemism , biology , french horn , taxon , botany , key (lock) , ecology , psychology , pedagogy
Three species of Anthericum and 32 species of Chlorophytum are recognized in Ethiopia and Somalia. Nine new species of Chlorophytum are described, illustrated and mapped: C. applanatum, C. filifolium, C. hiranense, C. littorale, C. nervosum, C. pendulum, C. petraeurn, C. pterocarpum , and C. ramosissimum . Several names are reduced to synonymy and lectotypifications are made in a number of cases. A key to the taxa is presented. One of the species of Anthericum and 16 of the species of Chlorophyturn are confined to the Somalia‐Masai Region and endemic or near‐endemic in the study area, while one Anthericum and two Chlorophytums are Afromontane endemics or near‐endemics in Ethiopia. Most of the other species are more or less widespread mainly Sudano‐Zambezian elements.