Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Hardy Spider Plant
Description
Genus Chlorophytum
Herbs perennial
, rhizomatous
. Rhizome often short, inconspicuous, sometimes thick, elongate
. Roots
usually ± thick or slightly fleshy
. Leaves basal, subdistichous or fasciculate, sessile or petiolate
, usually linear
to elliptic-lanceolate, conduplicate
, base
sheathing
. Scape axillary
, proximally with bractlike cauline leaves. Inflorescence a terminal
raceme
or panicle; bracts small. Flowers bisexual
; pedicel articulate
. Perianth usually white; tepals 6, free
, 3--7-veined, persistent
or marcescent
. Stamens 6, inserted
at base of tepals; filaments
filiform
, usually slightly widened near middle
; anthers
nearly basifixed
, introrse
. Ovary 3-loculed; ovules 1 to several per locule. Style slender; stigma small. Fruit a capsule, acutely 3-angled, loculicidal. Seeds black coated, flattened.
Between 100 and 150 species: mainly in tropical
areas of Africa, Asia, and Australia, also in South America; four species (one endemic) in China.[1]
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-12" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
()
-
- Family:
Asparagaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Anthericoideae
()
- Tribe:
Alectorurideae
()
- Genus:
Chlorophytum
()
- Ker-Gawler, 1807
- Leatherleaf
- Specific epithet:
major
- Botanical name: - Chlorophytum major
- Specific epithet:
major
- Genus:
Chlorophytum
(
- Tribe:
Alectorurideae
(
- Subfamily:
Anthericoideae
(
- Family:
Asparagaceae
(
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chlorophytum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. amaniense (Fire Flash) · C. bichetii 'Siam Lily' (Airplane Plant) · C. borivilianum (Safed Musli) · C. capense (Bracketplant) · C. comosum (Airplane Plant) · C. comosum variegatum var. variegatum (Variegated Spider Plant) · C. comosum 'Bonnie' (Airplane Plant) · C. major (Hardy Spider Plant) · C. suffruticosum (Chlorophytum) · C. 'Fireflash' (Sierra Leone Lily) · C. 'Mandarin Plant' (Airplane Plant)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1017295
Footnotes
- Chen Sing-chi, Minoru N. Tamura "Chlorophytum". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 205. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
