taxonID	type	description	language	source
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	diagnosis	Similar to A. pilosa but can be distinguished by its prostrate habit, terete petioles, widely ovate to orbicular leaves, white sericeous indumentum on abaxial leaf surface, short peduncles, oblong or lance-ovate bracts, unequal sepals and larger berries (2 – 2.5 cm across). The differences between the two species are presented in Table 1 and pictorially represented in Fig. 3.	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	materials_examined	Type: INDIA, Maharashtra, Kolhapur district, Alate, Alamprabhu Sacred Grove, 788 m, N 16 ° 45 ’ 50.6 ", E 74 ° 22 ’ 19.7 ", 17.09.2016, PR Lawand 077 (holo CAL!; iso SUK!, BSI!).	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	description	Prostrate shrubs. Stems trailing along ground, white to brown hispid, older semi-woody, c. 1 cm across, grooved, herbaceous towards apex, green, terete. Leaves simple, alternate; petioles 11 – 25 cm long, terete, densely white hirsute, longer than peduncles; lamina widely ovate to orbicular, 15 – 24 × 12 – 25 cm, apex acute, base cordate, basal lobes rounded, indumentum hirsute on adaxial surface, densely white sericeous on abaxial surface, secondary veins 8 – 9 pairs, conspicuous on abaxial surface. Cymes axillary, sub-capitate, 3 – 12 - flowered; peduncles 2 – 5 cm long, white hirsute, shorter than petioles (up to ¾ length). Flowers subsessile; bracts 2 – 3, one large foliaceous, oblong, 2 – 3.5 × 0.5 – 1.2 cm, small bracts lance-ovate, 1 – 2.5 × 0.3 – 0.6 cm, 3 - nerved, hirsute on both surfaces, more densely on abaxial surface. Sepals 5, unequal; outer 3 longer, 1.2 – 1.3 × 0.4 – 0.5 cm, apex acuminate; inner two c. 1 × 0.4 cm, narrowly oblong, apex acute, hirsute outside, glabrous inside, persistent, enlarge in fruiting. Corolla infundibuliform, rose-pink, 5 – 7 × 5 – 6 cm; throat purple, c. 1 cm wide, hirsute on mid-petaline bands outside; corolla lobes twisted in bud, lobes shallowly emarginate. Stamens 5, epipetalous, included within corolla tube, unequal, 2 longer 2 – 3 cm long, 3 shorter 1.5 – 2 cm long; filaments dilated and glandular hairy at base; anthers arrowshaped, 0.3 – 0.4 cm long, basifixed, pink. Ovary conical, 4 - loculed, glabrous, encircled by annular disc; style single, 1.5 – 2 cm long; stigma biglobular, papillate, white. Berries rounded, 2 – 2.5 cm across, 1 – 4 - seeded, glabrous, yellow when ripe. Seeds trigonal, white with visible hilum. Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from July to September and fruiting from October to December.	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat: This species grows in open habitats and trails amidst grassland but remain rooted near shrubs.	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The specific epithet ‘ sharadchandrajii ’ is chosen after Shri. Sharadchandraji Pawar, former Union Minister of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi for his valuable contribution to Indian agriculture.	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Known from a single locality (Fig. 4) in the sub-ranges of Sahyadris (the Western Ghats), India.	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Kolhapur district, Hatkanangale, Ramling hills, 13.08.2017, P. R. Lawand 078 (SUK); Ibid., 850 m, 28.09.2018, P. R. Lawand 079 (SUK); Ibid., 03.10.2019, P. R. Lawand 089 (SUK).	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
F5137353FFB1767EEC1EFB0BFC5E554B.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: At the type locality we could locate c. 100 mature individuals of this species occupying an area of 1.25 km 2. In the presence of little data on the distribution range, an IUCN category, Data Deficient (DD) is assigned, according to IUCN Categories and Criteria (IUCN, 2019).	en	P. R., Lawand, Shimpale, V. B. (2021): Argyreia sharadchandrajii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 31 (1): 18-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.03
