Native records: 5 botanical areas
Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, 2 more areas
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A perennial of desert or dry shrubland climates. Native to South Africa, Eswatini.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Eswatini
- SwazilandNative
South Africa
- Cape ProvincesNative
- Free StateNative
- KwaZulu-NatalNative
- Northern ProvincesNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BWk Arid, desert, cold
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 130 areas worldwide, 125 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Chlorophytum cooperi is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.43, left column, line 46
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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Other names
Common Green Lily
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Chlorophytum
Other species in Chlorophytum
- Chlorophytum chinense
- Chlorophytum chloranthum
- Chlorophytum clarae
- Chlorophytum collinum
- Chlorophytum colubrinum
- Chlorophytum comosumSpider plant
- Chlorophytum cordifolium
- Chlorophytum crassinerveNervous Green Lily
- Chlorophytum cremnophilumCliff Green Lily
- Chlorophytum crispumCrisp Green Lily
- Chlorophytum cyperaceumSedge Green Lily
- Chlorophytum dalzielii
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Eswatini · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
South Africa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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