Re: [SANS] Thanks

Dear Alan,

I have become even more curious about the "wide leafed" Sansevieria sp. aff. arborescens because that is what Lavranos 23251 from 29 Km N. of Mogadishu, Somalia is essentially. Powys (The Sansevieria Journal 5 (1): 3-4, figs. 1-2 (1996) found a very similar plant on Kiwaiya Island in northeasternmost Kenya. It makes one wonder how widespread the unnamed "wide leafed" species actually is. It's a shame there is no locality info on the plant from Paul Mbugua. Maybe there is more info on it at Kew? Sansevieria bagamoyensis N.E. Brown from Tanzania has narrow leaves and is a nomenclatural synonym of Sans. arborescens Cornu as I have already explained.

The photos of Sans.perrottii in the Euphorbia Journal are rather poor (no close ups) but the plants shown are definitely much more slender than Sans.ehrenbergii or Sans.robusta.

Sansevieria schweinfurthii Tackholm & Drar is an invalid synonym for what is correctly named Sanseviera erythraeae Mattei. See my previous posting from March 18, 1999 for the details. <http://www.mallorn.com/lists/sansevierias/mar99/msg00024.html> and <http://www.mallorn.com/lists/sansevierias/mar99/msg00025.html>
It is a much safer plant to handle than Sans.cylindrica!

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: Thanks
•From: "A.J.Butler" <alanbutler1@COMPUSERVE.COM>
•Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:41:49 -0400

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Hi everyone,

Thanks Steve for the answers and research done. It was very helpful.

The mystery plant S.bagamoyensis was obtained in a collection bought from
Reading University and collected by Paul Mbugua, a student of Len Newton at
Nairobi University. He was doing a thesis on Sansevierias for his MSc
degree. The original material may have come from Kew. Anyway as I have said
before it is similar to S.arborescens, but the leaves are about three times
the width and twice the length, so it must be at least a sub-species. Juan,
maybe you can check it next time you are over.

Thanks also for your ideas on S.ehrenbergii and the possible real names of
other plants masquerading under the same name. I think I go along with your
ideas, although the photo of S.perottii in the Euphorbia Journal is not
clear enough to really see.

Someone, was it Hermine? mentioned sending "a Brit" along to Kew! Now you
in the colonies had better be careful. It's about time we reestablished
control over our empire! Anyway, being serious, yes, given some notice I
could look up things.

We have S.schweinfurthii in flower tonight for the first time. Not terribly
exciting, but a first for us.

All the best,
Alan

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