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June 2025

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genus

Chlorophytum Ker Gawl.

This genus name was first published in Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1071 (1807)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000008015.

Statistics

Synonyms of Chlorophytum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acrospira Welw. ex Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 255 (1878) wfo-4000000459
Asphodelopsis Steud. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 321 (1876) wfo-4000003297
Dasystachys Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 255 (1878) wfo-4000010842
Debesia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 708. 1891. (5 Nov 1891) wfo-4000010899
Hollia Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 303 (1846) wfo-4000018063
Phalangium Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. (28 Jan 1754) wfo-4000029090
Verdickia De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 7 (1902) wfo-4000040146

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Chlorophytum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link