taxonID	type	description	language	source
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	diagnosis	The new species is closely allied to C. arundinaceum Baker (1876: 323) and to C. belgaumense Chandore et al. (2012: 527), but differs from these two species by its leaves with serrulate margin (vs. smooth margin in C. arundinaceum and C. belgaumense), perigone lobes apex papillose (vs. smooth in C. arundinaceum and C. belgaumense) and filaments papillose (vs. smooth in C. arundinaceum and C. belgaumense).	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA, Madhya Pradesh, Khandwa district, near forest streams of Dhama, 21 ° 39 ’ 282 N, 76 ° 57 ’ 150 E, 274 – 333 m, 13 September 2014, Mujaffar 102 (holotype CAL!, isotype BSI!, K!, SUK!).	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	description	Perennial herb, up to 40 cm high (including inflorescence); rhizome short, 2 – 3 cm long, forming new plant laterally, sympodial; roots up to 35 cm long; lateral root tubers elliptic-ellipsoid, 3 – 5 × 1 – 1.5 cm, swollen and tuberous middle, terminating with fascicle of secondary long fibrous roots. Leaves radical, erect, spreading, 5 – 12 per plant, sessile, imbricate at base; lamina 15 – 38 × 2.0 – 5 cm, broadly lanceolate, green above, glaucous white beneath, glabrous, margin slightly serrulate, hyaline, apex acute. Scape 15 – 25 cm long, solitary, unbranched, shorter than leaves, bearing alternate to sub-opposite 2 – 5 flowered clusters. Flowers white, 2.0 – 2.5 cm across; bracts 1 – 3 × 03 – 0.8 cm, 5 – nerved, apex acute; pedicels 0.5 – 0.7 cm long, whitish, jointed above the middle, upper part thicker, cylindrical, lower part trigonous, in cross section, glabrous. Perigone segments 6, white, outer perigone segments elliptic-lanceolate, 1.1 × 0.4 cm, apex acute, papillose, hyaline, 5 - nerved; inner perigone segments, elliptic – lanceolate, apex obtuse, papillose, hyaline, 5 - nerved. Stamens 6, 0.9 – 1.1 cm long, connivent, erect; filaments 0.3 – 0.4 cm long, white, papillose, dilated at base; shorter than anthers; anthers 0.5 – 0.7 cm long, yellow. Ovary 0.2 – 0.3 cm in diam., sessile, green, globose; style 1.0 – 1.1 cm long, declinate, white, glabrous; stigma papillose. Capsule green, black at maturity, triquetrous, sulcate, ca. 0.7 – 0.9 cm long, obcordate. Seeds 1 – 3 in each cell, 0.4 cm across, orbicular, discoid, flat, black, granular, shiny.	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet diwanjii refers to V. B. Diwanji, Govt. [Autonomous] Holkar Science College, Indore for his significant contributions to the field of plant of Angiosperm taxonomy in Madhya Pradesh.	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering and Fruiting: June – October.	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — India: Madhya Pradesh; Khandwa District, Dhama and Golai village. Chlorophytum diwanjii is found along the west Kalibhit forest area to the Dhama and Golai village with an important constituent of the forest undergrowth. It is also found near streams and in moist and shady places, an elevation of about 243 – 328 m, from MSL. Grows in association with Asparagus racemosus Willd., Curcuma angustifolia Roxb., Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., Ficus Ficus hispida L. f., Ficus racemosa L., Habenaria furcifera Lindl., etc.	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
215A87C7FF87066BFF3DFB6C9B2BF86C.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimen examined (paratype): — INDIA, Madhya Pradesh, Khandwa District, Golai village, 21 ° 40 ’ 221 N, 76 ° 59 ’ 123 E, 243 – 328 m, 20 July 2015. Mujaffar 425 (BSA!).	en	Shaikh, Mujaffar, Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, Chandore, Arun Nivrutti (2017): A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Phytotaxa 291 (2): 159-162, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.8
