Chlorogalum pomeridianum (wavy-leafed soap plant)

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda — fig. a Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205323656

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, photographed by Dario Taraborelli — fig. b Dario Taraborelli, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203399245

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, photographed by joergmlpts — fig. c joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204719678

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, photographed by Nicholas Wei — fig. e Nicholas Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202002450

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, photographed by Eugene Eric Kim — fig. f Eugene Eric Kim, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201441853

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, photographed by Drew Meyer — fig. g Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203726179

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Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

Anthericum pomeridianum (DC.) Ker Gawl.
Chlorogalum divaricatum (Lindl.) Kunth
Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
Laothoe divaricata (Lindl.) Greene
Laothoe pomeridiana (DC.) Raf.
Ornithogalum divaricatum Lindl.
Phalangium pomeridianum (DC.) Sweet
Scilla pomeridiana DC.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

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