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Chlorophytum

The genus Chlorophytum is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Chlorophytum

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Chlorophytum acutum (C.H.Wright) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum affine Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum africanum (Baker) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum alismifolium Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum alpinum Benth. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum altum Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum amplexicaule Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum anceps (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum andongense Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum angulicaule (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum angustiracemosum Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum angustissimum (Poelln.) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum ankarense H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum appendiculatum H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum applanatum Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum arcuatoramosum R.B.Drumm. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum aridum Oberm. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum arundinaceum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum aureum Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum basitrichum Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum baturense K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum benuense Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum bharuchae Ansari, Sundararagh. & Hemadri Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum bifolium Dammer Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum blepharophyllum Schweinf. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum borivilianum Santapau & R.R.Fern. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum bowkeri Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum brachystachyum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum bracteatum Hua Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum brevipedunculatum Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum breviscapum Dalzell Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum bulbinifolium Hoell & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum calyptrocarpum (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum cameronii (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum camporum Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum capense (L.) Voss Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum caudatibracteatum Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum caulescens (Baker) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum chariense A.Chev. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum chelindaense Kativu & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum chevalieri Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum chinense Bureau & Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum chloranthum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum clarae Bjorå & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum collinum (Poelln.) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum colubrinum (Baker) Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum cooperi (Baker) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum cordifolium De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum crassinerve (Baker) Oberm. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum crispum (Thunb.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum cyperaceum (Kies) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum dalzielii (Hutch. ex Hepper) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum decaryanum H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum decipiens Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum densiflorum Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum dianellifolium (Baker) H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum distichum H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum dolichocarpum Tamura Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum ducis-aprutii Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum fasciculatum (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum filifolium Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum filipendulum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum fischeri (Baker) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum gallabatense Schweinf. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum galpinii (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum geayanum (H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum geophilum Peter ex Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum gilletii Compère Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum glaucoides Blatt. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum glaucum Dalzell Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum goetzei Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum gracile Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum graminifolium (Willd.) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum graniticola Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum graniticum H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum graptophyllum (Baker) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum haygarthii J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum herrmannii Nordal & Sebsebe Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum heynei Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum hiranense Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum hirsutum A.D.Poulsen & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum holstii Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum humbertianum H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum humifusum Cufod. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum huyghei De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum hypoxiforme (H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum hysteranthum Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum immaculatum (Hepper) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum inconspicuum (Baker) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum indicum (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Dress Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum inornatum Ker Gawl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum intermedium Craib Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum katangense De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum kolhapurense Sardesai, S.P.Gaikwad & S.R.Yadav Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum krauseanum (Dinter) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum krookianum Zahlbr. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum lancifolium Welw. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum latifolium Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum laxum R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum leptoneurum (C.H.Wright) Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum lewisae Oberm. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum limosum (Baker) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum linearifolium Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum littorale Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum longifolium Schweinf. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum longiscapum Dammer Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum longissimum Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum macrophyllum (A.Rich.) Asch. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum macrorrhizum Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum macrosporum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum madagascariense Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum malabaricum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum malayense Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum micranthum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum minor Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum modestum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum monophyllum Oberm. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum namaquense Schltr. ex Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum namorokense H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum neghellense Cufod. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nepalense (Lindl.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nervatum (C.H.Wright) Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nervosum Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nidulans (Baker) Brenan Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nimmonii Dalzell Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nubicum (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nyasae (Rendle) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum nzii A.Chev. ex Hepper Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum occultum A.D.Poulsen & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum orchidastrum Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum parkeri (Baker) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum parvulum Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum paucinervatum (Poelln.) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pauciphyllum Oberm. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pauper Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pendulum Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum peralbum Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum perfoliatum Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum petraeum Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum petrophilum K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum poggei Engl. ex Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum polystachys Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum psammophilum Engl. & Gilg Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pseudocaule Tesfaye & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pterocarpum Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum puberulum Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pubiflorum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pusillum Schweinf. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum pygmaeum (Weim.) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum radula (Baker) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum ramosissimum Nordal & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum rangei (Engl. & K.Krause) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum recurvifolium (Baker) C.Archer & Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum reflexibracteatum Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum rhizopendulum Bjorå & Hemp Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum rigidum Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum ruahense Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum rubribracteatum (De Wild.) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum rutenbergianum Vatke Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum saundersiae (Baker) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum scabrum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum senegalense (Baker) Hepper Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum serpens Sebsebe & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum silvaticum Dammer Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum simplex Craib Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum sofiense (H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum somaliense Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum sphacelatum (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum staudtii Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum stenopetalum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum stolzii (K.Krause) Weim. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum subligulatum H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum subpetiolatum (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum suffruticosum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum superpositum (Baker) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum sylvestre Bardot-Vaucoulon Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum tenerrimum Peter ex Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum tetraphyllum (L.f.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum thollonianum Hua Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum transvaalense (Baker) Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum trichophlebium (Baker) Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum triflorum (Aiton) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum tripedale (Baker) H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum velutinum Kativu Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum vestitum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum viridescens Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum viscosum Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum waibelii K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum warneckei (Engl.) Marais & Reilly Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum zambiense Bjorå & Nordal Accepted H WCSP
Chlorophytum zavattarii (Cufod.) Nordal Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 439 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Chlorophytum. Of these 193 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 38 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Chlorophytum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 439 species names for the genus Chlorophytum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 193 44.0%
◕ Synonym 238 54.2%
◕ Unplaced 5 1.1%
◕ Unassessed 3 0.7%

All names

The status of the 477 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Chlorophytum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 213 44.7%
◕ Synonym 256 53.7%
◕ Unplaced 5 1.0%
◕ Unassessed 3 0.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 439 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Chlorophytum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 193 233 0 0 426 97.0%
Medium confidence 0 5 0 0 5 1.1%
Low confidence 0 0 5 3 8 1.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Chlorophytum, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 5 0 3 0 8 1.8%
WCSP 193 233 5 0 0 431 98.2%