Re: [SANS] Sansevieria aubrytiana??

Dear Kirk,

Interesting suggestion but I would say no based on the available information.

The reason being because Gerome & Labroy (1903) in their key to the species specifically state that Sans. fasciata Cornu does not have a brown edge (ie. bicolor margin). That feature immediately puts it in the Sanseviera trifasciata group together with such species as Sans. grandicuspis and Sans. senegambica. Sans.fasciata Cornu is said to originate from the Congo, which had since become Zaire and is now once again the Congo.

John had stated the plant he has as Sansevieria aubrytiana? does have a bicolor leaf margin. That makes one look for its identity in the Sans. hyacinthoides group instead.

Brown, N.E. (1915) Sansevieria. A Monograph of All Known Species. Kew Bulletin 1915 (5): 1-81, 23 figs.

Gerome, J. & Labroy, O. (1903) Sur La Collection De Sansevieria Des Serres Du Museum; Tableau Synoptique Des Especes Et Notes Sur Leur Multiplication. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 167-177. (English translation in The Sansevieria Journal 1 (4): 59-66 (1992))

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: Re: [SANS] Sansevieria aubrytiana??
•From: Kirk Pamper <Kirkpamper@AOL.COM>
•Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:27:30 EDT
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Could the plant in question be S. fasciata?

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