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SANSEVIERIA - INFORMAL SPECIES LIST - PART 2A

SANSEVIERIA - INFORMAL LIST OF SPECIES - PART 2A

Stephen Jankalski

A. Inflorescence paniculate.

1. Sansevieria arborescens group - Plants caulescent, not stoloniferous;
leaves spiralled, flattened.

S.arborescens Cornu in Gerome & Labroy (1903) (S.bagamoyensis N.E. Brown
(1913)) Kenya, Tanzania

S.sp. aff. arborescens (S.powellii sensu Thulin (1994),  S.sp. 'Lavranos
23251' ) Somalia

2. Sansevieria ehrenbergii group - Plants acaulescent to caulescent, not
stoloniferous; leaves distichous, semicircular, channeled above.

S.ehrenbergii Schweinfurth in Baker (1874) Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi
Arabia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan.

S.perrotii Warburg (1901) (S.zanzibarica Gerome & Labroy (1903)) Tanzania

S.powellii N.E. Brown (1915) Kenya

S.robusta N.E. Brown (1915) Kenya

S.rorida (Lanza) N.E. Brown (1915) (S.sp. 'Lavranos 23154', S.sp. 'Lavranos
23328', S.sp. 'Lavranos 23395') Somalia

3. Sansevieria pinguicula group - Plants acaulescent, stoloniferous; leaves
spiralled, semicircular, channeled above.

S.pinguicula Bally (1964) Kenya

B. Inflorescence thyrsose racemes with flowers in interrupted cymose
fascicles.

# Leaf margin unicolor, green, often thickened.

4.  Sansevieria trifasciata group -Leaves flat to semicircular.

S.caespitosa Dinter (1926) Namibia

S.fasciata Gerome & Labroy (1903) Zaire (status uncertain)

S.grandicuspis Haworth (1812) (S.ensifolia Haworth (1812), S.pumila Haworth
(1812), S.stenophylla Link (1821), S.bequaerti De Wildeman (1921)) Zaire

S.nilotica Baker (1874) (S.massae (Chiovenda) Cufodontis (1971), S.nilotica
var. obscura N.E. Brown (1915)) Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Central Africa

S.parva N.E. Brown (1915) (S.dooneri N.E. Brown (1915)) Kenya

S.senegambica Baker  (1874) (S.cornui Gerome & Labroy (1903), S.subtilis
N.E. Brown (1915), S.guineensis sensu Chevalier (1920), S.liberiensis Cornu
ex Chevalier (1920) nom. nud.) Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leon,
Guinea, Liberia, Uganda, Kenya

S.trifasciata Prain (1903) (S.guineensis sensu Gerome & Labroy (1903),
S.zebrina Gentil (1907) nom. nud., S.jacquinii N.E. Brown (1911) Nigeria,
Zaire

S.trifasciata 'Laurentii' (S.laurentii De Wildeman (1904), S.trifasciata
var. laurentii (De Wildeman) N.E. Brown (1915)) Variegated cultivar
originating in a garden in the Congo (Zaire) and introduced in to
cultivation by Emile Laurent.

5.  Sansevieria cylindrica group - Leaves cylindrical, channeled only at
the base, with a green margin and rounded apex, distichous or solitary.

S.bacularis Pfennig, nom. prov. (S.stuckyi sensu Chiovenda (1932),
S.robusta sensu Chiovenda (1932), S.fischeri sensu Thulin (1994), S.sulcata
hort. not Bojer ex Baker (1898)) Somalia

S.canaliculata Carriere (1861) (S.schimperi Baker  (1898), S.sulcata Bojer
ex Baker (1898)) Mozambique, Tanzania, Madagascar, Aldabra, Comoros

S.cylindrica Bojer (1837) (S.angolensis Welwitsch (1855)) Angola

S.cylindrica var. patula N.E. Brown (1915) Angola

S.erythraeae Mattei  (1918) (S.schweinfurthii Tackholm & Drar (1954) nom.
inval., S.cylindrica sensu Schweinfurth (1894)) Erythraea, Ethiopia

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