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Re: Regarding the origin of Sans.powellii

In a message dated 1/31/00 7:34:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
CEREOID@PRODIGY.NET writes:

<< Thank you for clearing up the status of Sans.sp. Lavranos 24534 as being
the
 broad leafed form of Sans.arborescens. The only collection I knew of this
 plant was Lavranos 23251, which was illustrated in the Sansevieria Journal.
 The plant that Powys (1996) (Sans. Journ. 5 (1): 3, fig. 1) saw on Kiwaiyu
 Island appears to be yet another report of it >>

Steve,
I said that Lav 24534 is in all probability S. robusta (definitely NOT
powellii)
and that the confusion may have arisen from the fact that Lavranos sent
ANOTHER plant with the note "aff. powellii". This is in fact Lav 23251, which
has shorter and thicker (never said wider) leaves than S. arborescens. The
plant from Kiwayu Island could be it.
S. arborescens has WIDE leaves per N.E.Brown, as attested by a collection I
made near Mombassa, Kenya. S. bagamoyensis has NARROW per N.E. Brown.
In cultivation the names are erroneously applied.
Juan
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