*Chlorophytum Ker Gawler. Common name: Spider-plant.
A genus of 150-190 species, perennial herbs, of tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia.
ID notes: Characterized by possessing linear, arching leaves that grow in a rosette and produce long stolons that bear small, white, star-shaped flowers arranged in loose panicles. The stolons produce plantlets at the flowering nodes, which can root and form new plants.
References: Conran (1998a) In Kubitzki (1998a); Gilman (1999). Show full citations.
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