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For the record

Hi you all,

I am still reading my old mail. I have to make this clear for the record. I
found the following that Stephen Jankalski said:

One cannot take Mats Thulin's treatment of Sansevieria for the Flora of
Somalia seriously. It was a rush job and not based on field work. It is a
seriously flawed mess as Juan has pointed out previously in this forum. The
species list is rife with lumping of different species and
misidentifications. Thulin missed an opportunity to name a few new species
for Somalia.
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For the record: I never said that Dr. Thulin's work is a flawed mess.
Dr. Mats Thulin is a full fledged Swedish botanist who has decided to group
sansevierias of Somalia, in my opinion, in a restrictive number of species.

He HAS been several times to the field in Somalia and he HAS studied
herbarium specimens. As a matter of fact, he has annotated the specimens in
Florence, lumping all  Sansevieria forskaolianas. I have met him and his
wife,  have talked about it, and he has even sent me a field collected plant
from Somalia.

Thulin missed Sansevieria eilensis because, apparently, it grows in a very
restrictive area. The plant was not found on the last trip to Somalia, and as
far as I am concerned it is definitely an endangered species.

I have great respect for professional people, including Dr. Thulin, ( I am a
professional California registered Civil and Structural Engineer) and I do
not appreciate being misquoted.

Cheers to all

Juan
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