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The status of Sansevieria guineensis

The status of Sansevieria guineensis

Stephen Jankalski

The name Sansevieria guineensis has been used different species in
different regions by different authors. The original combination by
Willdenow is now accepted as being synonymous with Sansevieria
hyacinthoides (L.) Druce by several authors (Wijnands (1973, 1983),
Obermeyer (1992), Van Jaarsveld (1994)) None of the uses of the name
Sansevieria guineensis are valid today.

1. Sansevieria guineensis (L.) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 2: 159 (1799); Ker-Gawler
in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1179 (1809)
= Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles
1913 (3): 423 (1914)

2. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 547
(1874)
= Sansevieria metallica Gerome & Labroy, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9:
170, 172, fig. 3 (1903)

3. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Weiner, Illustr. Gart.-Zeit. 421, fig. 80
(1887)
= Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 349 (1837); J.D. Hooker,
Curtis's Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5093 (1859)

4. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Schweinfurth, Bull. Herb. Boissier (app. 2)
79 (1894), sensu O.Schwartz, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 352 (1939)
= Sansevieria forskaoliana (Schultes, f.) Hepper & Wood, Kew Bulletin 38
(1): 83 (1983)

5. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Gerome & Labroy, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat.
Paris 9: 172-173, fig. 1 (1903)
= Sansevieria trifasciata Prain, Bengal Plants 2: 1054 (1903)

6. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Chevalier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franc. 1:
633 (1920)
= Sansevieria senegambica Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 548 (1874)

7. Sansevieria guineensis var. angustior Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 32: 97 (1902)
= Sansevieria forskaoliana (Schultes, f.) Hepper & Wood, Kew Bulletin 38
(1): 83 (1983)

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Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 349 (1837); J.D. Hooker,
Curtis's Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5093 (1859); N.E. Brown, Kew Bulletin 1915 (5):
37-38, fig. 5C (1915)
syn. Sansevieria angolensis Welwitsch ex Hooker, Report on Veget. Prod.
Paris Exhib. 148 (1855)
_     Cordyline cylindrica (Bojer) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin
Islands 5: 150 (1923)
_     Sansevieria guineensis sensu Weiner, Illustr. Gart.-Zeit. 421, fig.
80 (1887) not Willdenow (1799)

Sansevieria forskaoliana (Schultes, f.) Hepper & Wood, Kew Bulletin 38 (1):
83 (1983) as "Sansevieria forskaliana" sphalm.
syn. Smilacina forskaoliana Schultes, f., Syst, Veg, 7: 304 (1829)
_     Convallaria racemosa Forsskaol, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 73 (1775) not
Linnaeus (1753)
_     Sansevieria guineensis var. angustior Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 32: 97
(1902)
_     Sansevieria abyssinica var. angustior (Engler) Cufodontis, Bull.
Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 41 (3) suppl.: 1569 (1971)
_     Sansevieria abyssinica N.E. Brown, Kew Bulletin 1913: 306 (1913);
1915 (5): 61-62 (1915)
_     Acyntha abyssinica (N.E. Brown) Chiovenda, Result. Sc. Miss.
Stefan.-Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 170 (1916)
_     Sansevieria guineensis sensu Schweinfurth, Bull. Herb. Boissier (app.
2) 79 (1894), sensu O.Schwartz, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 352
(1939) not Willdenow (1799)

Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles 1913
(3): 423 (1914)
syn. Aloe hyacinthoides ((beta) guineensis) Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 321 (1753)
_      Aloe guineensis (L.) Jacquin, Enum. Stirp. Vindobon. 308 (1762)
_      Aletris hyacinthoides ((beta) guineensis) Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 456
(1762)
_      Aletris guineensis (L.) Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Vindobon. 1: 36, t. 84
(1770)
_      Pleomele aloifolia Salisbury, Prodromus 245 (1796)
_      Sansevieria guineensis (L.) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 2: 159 (1799)
_      Cordyline guineensis (L.) Britton, Mem. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 1: 35
(1918)
_      Sanseverinia thyrsiflora Petagna, Instit. Bot. 3: 643 (1787)
_      Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. Cap. 65 (1794); N.E.
Brown, Kew Bulletin 1915 (5): 69-70 (1915)
_      Salmia spicata Cavanilles, Icon. Pl. Hisp. 3: 24, t.246 (1795)
_      Sansevieria spicata (Cavanilles) Haworth, Syn. Pl. Succ. 66 (1812)
_      Sansevieria latifolia Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 348 (1837)
_      Sansevieria angustifolia Lindberg, Acta Soc. Fennicae 10: 130, t. 5
(1875)
_      Sansevieria grandis J.D. Hooker, Curtis's Bot. Mag. 129: t.7877
(1903); N.E. Brown, Kew Bulletin 915 (5): 70-71 (1915)
_      Sansevieria nobilis Godefroy-Lebeuf, Les Sansevierias Gigantesques
de L'Afr. Orient. 12 (1903) nom. nud.
_      Sansevieria grandis var. zuluensis N.E. Brown, Kew Bulletin 1915
(5): 72, fig. 21 (1915)

Sansevieria metallica Gerome & Labroy, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 170,
172, fig. 3 (1903)
syn. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 547
(1874) not Willdenow (1799)
_     Sansevieria guineensis var. (beta) Schultes, f. Syst. Veg. 7: 355
(1829)
_     Sansevieria sp. in Gibson, Wild Flowers of Natal (Coastal Region) pl.
12 (2) (1975)

Sansevieria senegambica Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 548 (1874); N.E.
Brown, Kew Bulletin 1913: 306 (1913); 1915 (5): 55-57, fig. 16 (1915)
syn. Sansevieria cornui Gerome & Labroy, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9:
170, 173, fig. 5 (1903)
_     Sansevieria subtilis N.E. Brown, Kew Bulletin 1915 (5): 57-58, fig.
17 (1915)
_     Sansevieria guineensis sensu Chevalier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franc.
1: 633 (1920) not Willdenow (1799)
_     Sansevieria liberiensis Cornu ex Chevalier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ.
Franc. 1: 633 (1920) nom. nud.

Sansevieria trifasciata Prain, Bengal Plants 2: 1054 (1903)
syn. Sansevieria guineensis sensu Gerome & Labroy, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat.
Paris 9: 172-173, fig. 1 (1903) not Willdenow (1799)
_     Sansevieria zebrina Gentil, Liste Pl. Cult. Jard. Bot. Brux. 172
(1907) nom. nud.
_     Sansevieria jacquinii N.E. Brown, Kew Bulletin 1911: 97 (1911)
_     Aloe guineensis Jacquin, Enum. Stirp. Vindobon. 308 (1862) in part
_     Aletris hyacinthoides Miller, Dict. Gard. (ed. 8) no. 3 (1768) not
Linnaeus (1762)
_     Acyntha guineensis Medikus, Theodora 76 (1786) not Sansevieria
guineensis (L.) Willdenow (1799)
_     Salmia guineensis Cavanilles, Icon. Pl. Hisp. 3: 24 (1794) not
Sansevieria guineensis (L.) Willdenow (1799)

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