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Re: trying again

Dear Juan,

We understand your concern Juan and be assured that no one is saying
LoWilla has confused Sansevieria aethiopica with Sans.parva. It just
appears that more than one species may have become distributed as
"Sanseviera transvaalensis" in the trade and in collections. Labels
sometimes get switched in repotting. I have seen it happen too many times.

Thank you for clarifying the identity of the original "Sanseviera
transvaalensis". Now if only we could find out the actual origin of the
misapplied name. We encourage your personal comments and observations.
There is so much to learn about Sansevierias that is not written down
anywhere.

Dear Kirk,

In the Obermeyer (1992) and Van Jaarsveld (1994) reviews, Sanseviera
scabrifolia is listed as a synonym of Sansevieria aethiopica. It is
considered to be an extreme form of the widespread and variable species.
Typical Sans.aethiopica does have papillate roughened leaves.

Obermeyer, A.A. (1992) Dracaenaceae in Leistner, O.A. (ed.), Flora of South
Africa 5: 1-9, figs. 1-2.

Van Jaarsveld, E. (1994) The Sansevieria species of South Africa and
Namibia. Aloe 31 (1): 11-15, 10 figs.

Cereusly Steve
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•Subject: Re: [SANS] trying again
•From: Juan Chahinian
•Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:27:05 EDT
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Hi LoWilla and all,

LoWilla is an experienced collector, quite knowledgeable, so is her husband
Lynn.

I don't think she can possibly confuse S. aethiopica with S. parva.
S. transvaalensis, an invalid name, has some horticultural or clonal
significance, as it has the same growth form, shape, etc. as S. parva. The
only difference are the markings, more pronounced, more regular and
brighter
(prettier plant, if you will). This is the clone that was around for a long
time. Misidentifications, even with invalid names, are not uncommon. Bob
Smoley is a relatively newcomer in his offering of an extensive array of
sansevierias. We have to look back on who offered it before. Perhaps
Glasshouse? What do you think Hermine?

So to summarize, S. transvaalensis should be sunken into S. parva. However
you can call your clone whatever you want and this is my personal comment:
as
long as you are aware of what is going on.

Juan

[The discussion about variation in Sansevieria pinguicula has been omitted
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•Subject: Re: [SANS] trying again
•From: Kirk Pamper
•Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:09:06 EDT
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Lowilla,

Perhaps your "transvaalensis" is really scabrifolia.  Does the leaf have a
rough texture?  Among my plants, at least, scabrifolia is a little bluer
and
rougher than aethiopica.

Kirk
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