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Re: S.marginata

Dear Carolyn,

You are correct that there is no species named Sansevieria marginata.

The epithet "Marginata" is intended to denote a plant with leaf margins
with a color contrasting with the rest of the leaf. For example, Dracaena
marginata has red margined leaves. If the plant has plain green leaves, the
application of the name would be rather dubious.

With your previous experiences with Sansevieria parva, I would be confident
in your identifying it as such. Under you expert care, the mystery plant
will probably look more like it in time.

Sansevieria 'Masai' is a convenient cultivar name to give the widely grown
giant spoon leafed plant, even if the origin of the name is controversial.

Sansevieria massae is a name banished to synonymy under Sans.nilotica by
Demel Teketay.

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: S.marginata
•From: Unruh
•Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:28:20 -0700
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Thank you, one and all, for the lively and informative discussion of
S.'Masai.'  At the risk of seeming apathetic, I'll just leave that label
on it till I have something solid to replace it with--definitely NOT
S.massae.  And when it gets a little (or a lot) bigger, I'll send some
pictures and revive the mystery.

So, now I have another one!  A friend gave me a cutting of what she
assures me is S.marginata.  I've searched through the Sans Journal,
Brown's monograph, and Steve's exhaustive list, and haven't found that
name.  The plant itself looks suspiciously like S.parva--soft, flat,
narrow leaves with crossbanding and rolled tips.  And green margins--an
odd characteristic for something named "marginata."  The leaves are
considerable longer than my other S.parvas, but the lady admitted that
the plant had been growing inside for years, without much light.

Speculations, anyone?
Carolyn
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