A new species of Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae) from Western Ghats, India

From: Kew Bulletin | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Gaikwad, S P; Yadav, S R; Sardesai, M M | Copyright information

Summary. A new species of Chlorophytum, C. kolhapurense (Anthericaceae) is described and illustrated from Western Ghats, India.

Key words. Chlorophytum, India, Western Ghats, new species.

Introduction

The genus Chlorophytum Ker-Gawl. (Anthericaceae) with about 150 species is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World (Nordal el al. 1997). Being taxonomically difficult, species of the genus are sometimes misidentified by inexperienced taxonomists. The...

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