Herbarium JCB

Chlorophytum palghatense K.M.P.Kumar & Adsul

Family : LILIACEAE
(Lily Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ASPARAGACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in Plant list
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Grass lands of high mountains
Comments / notes : It is distinct from C. sharmae for the absence of root tubers; broadly lanceolate leaves with entire margins; pedicel articulation close to flower; obtuse anther apex and glabrous stigma.
Key identification features : Filaments are 4–5 mm long which are longer than the anthers, perigone segments are 6 in number, arranged in two whorls of 3 in each, recurved, outer perigone segments are 5-nerved & inner perigone segments are 3-nerved and both are elliptic-lanceolatous, glabrous, white in coclour, margins are hyaline & obtuse at apex. Pedicel articulation is close to flower, articulation of upper part of pedicel is 1–1.5 mm & articulation of pedicel below is , 1.2–1.25 cm in length respectively.
Flower, Fruit : September-November
Distribution :
- Kerala : Palakkad district
Native : India
Endemism : Southern Western Ghats,India
World Distribution : India
Conservation Status : NE
Literature : Konickal Mambetta Prabhu Kumar, Vadakkoot Sankaran Hareesh, Avinash Asraji Adsul, Kollencherri Puthenveetil Vimal, Indira Balachandran & Shrirang Ramachandra Yadav (2014). A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from southern Western Ghats of India. Phytotaxa 188 (5): 282–286.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chlorophytum palghatense. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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