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Genus: Chlorophytum
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Agavaceae
About
165 species, found in Africa, Madagascar and Asia. There are 36 species
indigenous to
southern Africa. This genus was previously in the Anthericaceae, which has
now been absorbed into Agavaceae.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
Chlorophytum
comosum (Hen and Chickens, Spider Plant) |
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Chlorophytum acutum |
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Chlorophytum anceps |
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Chlorophytum angulicaule |
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Chlorophytum aridum |
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Chlorophytum bowkeri |
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Chlorophytum brachystachyum |
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Chlorophytum calyptrocarpum |
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Chlorophytum capense |
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Chlorophytum comosum |
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Chlorophytum cooperi |
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Chlorophytum crassinerve |
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Chlorophytum crispum |
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Chlorophytum cyperaceum |
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Chlorophytum fasciculatum |
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Chlorophytum galpinii |
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Chlorophytum haygarthii |
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Chlorophytum krauseanum |
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Chlorophytum krookianum |
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Chlorophytum lewisiae |
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Chlorophytum longifolium |
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Chlorophytum macrosporum |
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Chlorophytum modestum |
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Chlorophytum monophyllum |
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Chlorophytum namaquense |
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Chlorophytum pauciphyllum |
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Chlorophytum pauper |
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Chlorophytum psammophilum |
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Chlorophytum radula |
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Chlorophytum rangei |
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Chlorophytum recurvifolium |
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Chlorophytum rigidum |
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Chlorophytum saundersiae |
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Chlorophytum sphacelatum |
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Chlorophytum transvaalense |
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Chlorophytum trichophlebium |
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Chlorophytum triflorum |
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Chlorophytum undulatum |
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Chlorophytum viscosum |
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