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Chlorophytum (/ ˌ k l ɒr ə ˈ f aɪ t əm, ˌ k l ɔː-,-r oʊ-/, [3] [4]), sometimes colloquially referred to as the spider plants, is a genus of almost 200 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. [5]
Chlorophytum comosum grows to about 60 cm (24 in) tall, although as a hanging plant it can descend many feet. It has fleshy, tuberous roots , each about 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long. The long narrow leaves reach a length of 20–45 cm (8–18 in) and are around 6–25 millimetres (0.2–1.0 in) wide.
It is related to the commonly known houseplant Chlorophytum comosum also referred to as a "spider plant". 3-(4'-Methoxybenzyl)-7,8-methylenedioxy-chroman-4-one , a homoisoflavanone with antimycobacterial activity, can be isolated from C. inornatum .
Chlorophytes are eukaryotic organisms composed of cells with a variety of coverings or walls, and usually a single green chloroplast in each cell. [4] They are structurally diverse: most groups of chlorophytes are unicellular, such as the earliest-diverging prasinophytes, but in two major classes (Chlorophyceae and Ulvophyceae) there is an evolutionary trend toward various types of complex ...
Chlorophytum tuberosum is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. [2] It is one of several species known by the common name musli. It is native to ...
Chlorophytum acutum is a plant native to South Africa and Lesotho. [1] [2] Its common name in Zulu is iphamba. [3] It most commonly grows in and around grassveld. [4]
Chlorophytum filipendulum is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. [2] It is native to a variety of habitats across large areas of Equatorial Africa.
These various types of sequential hermaphroditism may indicate that there is no advantage based on the original sex of an individual organism. [6] Those that change gonadal sex can have both female and male germ cells in the gonads or can change from one complete gonadal type to the other during their last life stage.