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Re: [SANS] for the record

Dear Juan,

Here are you actual comments on Thulin's revision of the Somali
Sansevierias that appeared in the forum on October 1998. I guess I read too
much into them. My mistake.

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: MONOGRAPH +
•From: chahinian <chahinian@NAPLESNET.COM>
•Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:52:10 -0400
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I am dedicated to sorting out new species, or at least new varieties.
Right now though, I am striving to finish a book on all the species
which alas!, will not cover all the ones known in circulation. It will
be a beginner's book with not more than 110 species and varieties nd will
show the ones that I am really sure of  plus the probable name n some of
the others that are interesting and attractive.

Mats Thulin work shows why any study should be checked by, at least
someone who has an idea of the genus

continues

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•Subject: Cont.
•From: chahinian <chahinian@NAPLESNET.COM>
•Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:39:07 -0400
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He also shows S. fischeri and means it. The 2.40 m in height, the 4 cm =
in diameter and the capitate inflorescence preclude it from being S. =
sulcata or "bacularis" as Pfennig called it. The latter is very thin, =
not than 1.00 m tall and has a very short spike-like raceme =
inflorescence. I doubt very much that S. fischeri exists in Somalia.

On the other hand he blatantly disregards S.  aff.arborescens

For S. volkensii, he makes it a synonym of S. intermedia, copying what =
Pfennig said about it, simply because he (Pfennig) found a plant in the =
type locality of volkensii and it looked like (and was) intermedia. Is =
this correct? Len Newton also found a plant in the same type locality =
and his plant looked entirely different from intermedia, in fact it =
looked like volkensii! Yes, the volkensii that we all know, with round =
leaves pointing in all directions! So here is where the "unprofessional" =
knowledge of the collector, if nothing else, would put a doubt in the =
mind of the botanist.

The drawing of S. ehrenbergii looks more like that of S. robusta, which =
grows in Kenya as indicated in the drawing, than that of robusta.=20

He also sunk many of the various plants into one species. A friend of =
mine in Italy told me that the crossed out all the specimens of the =
various varieties of S. forskaoliana  and called applied that name to =
all of them at the herbarium in Florence.=20

In S. phillipsiae, the nominative "phillipsia" indicates the name of a =
woman. It was collected by Mrs.. Lort Phillips not Lort Phillips and he =
indicates.

Cheers,

Juan
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