1	"Peduncles with leaves and sterile bracts throughout their length"	"Chlorophytum petraeum"
1	"Peduncles without leaves or bracts or with 1 sterile bracts just below the inflorescnce"	2
2	"All nodes of the inflorescence with a solitary flower"	3
2	"At least some of the lower inflorescence nodes with 2 or more flowers"	8
3	"Pedicels very short, articulated at the top; perianths papillate, bell-shaped, with erect, 1-veined, tepals"	"Chlorophytum silvaticum"
3	"Pedicels distinct, articulate below the top; perianths glabrous with spreading, 3-veined tepals"	4
4	"Flowers bilaterally symmetric; tepals at least 10 mm long; capsules usally at least 10 mm long"	"Chlorophytum somaliense"
4	"Flowers radially symmetric with tepals less than 10 mm long; capsules usually less than 8 mm long"	5
5	"Perianths forming a persistent beak at the top of the capsules"	6
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6	"Leaves 18-40 mm wide, flat on the ground"	"Chlorophytum applanatum"
6	"Leaves 3-8 mm wide, more or less erect or spreading"	"Chlorophytum hiranense"
7	"Pedicels articulated in the lower half or to a little above midlength; inflorescence rachises usually distinctly puberulous; leaves up to about 10 mm wide"	"Chlorophytum bifolium"
7	"Pedicels articulated near the top; inflorescnce rachises glabrous; leaves usually well over 10 mm wide"	"Chlorophytum littorale"
8	"Leaves 1-3 mm wide, folded; tepals up to 5 mm long"	9
8	"Leaves more than 3 mm wide; tepals 5 mm long or longer"	10
9	"Capsules about 3.5 mm long, clearly wider than long"	"Chlorophytum filifolium"
9	"Capsules 5-8 mm long, longer than wide"	"Chlorophytum inconspicuum"
10	"Tepals at least 6 mm wide and and 9 or more vascular bundles"	"Chlorophtum tuberosum"
10	"Tepals less than 6 mm wide and with 3-7 vascular bundles"	11
11	"Pedicels articulated in the upper part; lower pedicels at least 15 mm long"	12
11	"Pedicels articulated near or below the middle, less than 10 mm long"	13
12	"Leaves 2.5-4 mm wide; perianths forming a beak on the top of the capsules"	"Chlorophytum ramosissimum"
12	"Leaves 20-80 mm iwde; perianths not forming a beak on the capsules"	"Chlorophytum zavattarii"
13	"Leaves with very prominent pappilose veins"	"Chlorophytum parvulum"
13	"Leaves without wery prominent papillose veins"	14
14	"Root tubers mostly on short lateral branches; flowers often greenishl leaves 17-60 mm wide"	"Chlorophytum gallabatense"
14	"Root tubers formed as swellings at the ends of the roots or roots thick and fleshy but without tubers; flowers whitish; leaves than than 17 mm wide"	15
15	"Roots fleshy, without tubers"	16
15	"Roots wiry, with distal tubers"	17
16	"Tepals 5-6 mm long"	"Chlorophytum bifolium"
16	"Tepals about 12 mm long"	"Chlorophytum subpetiolatum"
17	"Tepals at least 10 mm long, with 5-7 vascular bundles; leaves usually more than 10 mm wide"	"Chlorophytum zanguebaricum"
17	"Tepals up to 10 mm long, with 3 vascular bundles; leaves up to 10 mm wide"	18
18	"Capsules with very prominent raised transverse veins; perianths persistent, tending to form a beak on top of the capsule"	"Chlorophytum nervosum"
18	"Capsules with weak transverse veins; perianths spreading in fruit, not forming a beak on top of the capsules"	"Chlorophytum tordense"