Distribution Map

Chlorophytum angulicaule

                   
       
(Anthericum angulicaule)

Asparagaceae Agavoideae  

As at April 2024, 21 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Anthericum angulicaule - Robust, up to 1,5 m high, usually less. Rhizome woody, knobbed, with persistent leaf-fibres; roots hard. Leaves in two ranks, up to 75 cm long x 2,5 cm wide, rather hard, ribbed, hairs absent or very minute. Inflorescences normally branched, stalk flattened or narrowly winged, often somewhat zigzag. Flowers in groups of three or four, stalks jointed near base. Perianth segments c 1 cm long, white with dark keel. Filaments short, anthers longer. Fruit c 6 mm long.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.