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Re: [SANS] S. ehrehbergii

Dear Unruh,

Yes, the plant you have as HBG 55045 97-86  Lavranos et al. 23395  is the
same plant distributed as ISI 97-86. It was distributed as Sansevieria
ehrenbergii as Juan says. As others in the forum have said, there is no one
presently at the Huntington who is knowledgeable in Sanseviera taxonomy and
their names for the plants can only be taken to be tentative. Many authors
have included all the species of the Sans. ehrenbergii complex under the
oldest name but is that really the best solution?

This weekend, I am chairing the plant show for National Capital Cactus &
Succulent Society at the National Arboretum and one of the club members has
entered a plant she got as Sans. ehrenbergii that is obviously Sans.
rorida.  It's a small world indeed!

For an English translation of the original article describing Sanseviera
rorida and illustrations of the plant see:

Mangani, R. (1996) SANSEVIERIA RORIDA (LANZA) N.E. BROWN. The Sansevieria
Journal 5 (1): 11-16, 2 figs.

I have a photocopy of the original illustration and description of
Sansevieria ehrenbergii of the type from the Sudan that appeared in Oliver
in Hooker's Icones Plantarum 23: t. 2269 (1893) and the illustrations of
Ethiopian plants in Teketay (1995) (The Sansevieria Journal 4 (2): 47-48,
figs. 2-3 (1995) and the true species is a much larger plant than that from
the eastern Somali coast.

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I have posted a listing of ISI offerings of Sansevieria in the forum back
in December 18, 1998. Here is the link.

http://www.mallorn.com/lists/highlight.cgi?bits=3&search=isi&URL=sansevieria
s/dec98/msg00080.html

Let the data speak for itself.

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: S. ehrehbergii
•From: Unruh <unrulies@SIERRA.PSNW.COM>
•Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 23:37:25 -0700

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Hello, one and all,

OK, I'll confess right up front that I'm a rank newbie, both to this
list and to Sansevierias, but I was prompted to write by the brief
discussion of S. ehrenbergii in today's messages.

I have a very small ehrenbergii, which came from the Huntington
collection, and which has grown maybe half a leaf in the past year.
Thus far it's a squatty little thing, with short, stout, light green
leaves, thinly edged in red and white and tipped with short soft
spines.  Does this sound like a "real" ehrenbergii?  I mean, if you
can't trust the Huntington, who CAN you trust?

The tag says:  HBG 55045 97-86  Lavranos et al 23395  Somalia: plateau
5km W of Eil, 500'

Thanks in advance for your input.
CU
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