Description
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Rhizome short, inconspicuous. Roots 1--2 mm thick, slightly thickened. Leaves fasciculate, sessile or slightly narrowed and petiolelike basally, linear to sublanceolate, 8--60 × 0.6--2(--5) cm, glabrous. Scape erect, 30--60(--90) cm. Raceme sometimes few branched and paniculate, many flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, shorter than flowers. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3; pedicel ca. 1 cm, articulate near middle or distally. Tepals white, narrowly oblong-elliptic, 1--1.4 cm × 2--3 mm. Stamens slightly shorter than tepals; anthers usually longer than filaments. Capsule obovoid, rarely subglobose, 6--9 mm; seeds several per valve. Fl. and fr. Jul--Sep. 2 n = 42, 56.
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Distribution
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Himalaya (Nepal to NEFA), Assam.
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Distribution
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Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].
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Elevation Range
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1400-2500 m
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Habitat
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Forest margins, grassy slopes, rocky places along valleys; 1300--2800 m.
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Synonym
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Phalangium nepalensis Lindley, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 277. 1826; Chlorophytum flaccidum W. W. Smith; C. khasianum J. D. Hooker; C. mekongense W. W. Smith; C. oreogenes W. W. Smith.
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Cyclicity
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Flowering and fruiting from July to September.
Diagnostic Description
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Chlorophytum nepalense is close relative of Chlorophytum malayense, but differs from the latter in rhizome short, inconspicuous (vs. ascending, elongate, rather thick), roots nearly clustered (vs. scattered), inflorescence simple or few branched (vs. many branched).
Distribution
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Chlorophytum nepalense is occurring in Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan of China, Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim.
General Description
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Rhizome short, inconspicuous. Roots 1-2 mm thick, slightly thickened. Leaves fasciculate, sessile or slightly narrowed and petiolelike basally, linear to sublanceolate, 8-60 cm long, 0.6-2 cm wide, glabrous. Scape erect, 30-70 cm. Raceme sometimes few branched and paniculate, many flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, shorter than flowers. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3; pedicel ca. 1 cm, articulate near middle or distally. Tepals white, narrowly oblong-elliptic, 1-1.4 cm long, 2-3 mm wide. Stamens slightly shorter than tepals; anthers usually longer than filaments. Capsule obovoid, rarely subglobose, 6-9 mm; seeds several per valve.
Habitat
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Growing in forest margins, grassy slopes, rocky places along valleys; 1300-2800 m.
