[SANS] Article by Marjorie Russell Introduction Part 2

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In the Kew Bulletin of 1909 we are told that Sansevieria grows freely on
the banks of the Tamalakan and Botletli Rivers in the Bechuanaland
Protectorate - now Botswana. In the Kew Bulletin of 1915 we come to the
greatest source of information - "A Monograph of all the known species" by
NE Brown. He wrote, "The genus Sansevieria is chiefly confined to Africa
and the islands near its coast and Arabia. Nearly all the species are
congregated in the tropical area of the continent, as only five occur in S.
Africa and none are found in the northern extra tropical region. Only four
species are definitely known to inhabit any other region, and these are
natives of Ceylon [Sri Lanka to us modernists], India, Burma and perhaps
China". In 1976 Dr Dyer wrote of Sansevieria that there were already 160
species recorded which occur in Tropical Africa, Asia and South Africa. In
his introduction to a new pictorial publication in 1976 KD Morgenstern
writes, "The genus Sanseviera has been neglected botanically and
horticulturally. Many plants are only numbered because there is a lack of
sufficient documentary evidence and I quote 'partly due to arguments amongs
"experts"'. The urgent attention of botanists is required".

Tomorrow (or tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow) more

Frances Verrity

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