Sansevieria trifasciata Prain |
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Family : Dracaenaceae |
Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
Protologue : Bengal Plants, ii. 105 (1903) |
Information on the genus : Sansevieria |
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Status
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Status for NA : | accepted (cultivated) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain var. trifasciata (1903) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Sansevieria zeylanica var. laurentii (De Wild.) L.H. Bailey |
=Sansevieria jacquinii N.E. Br. (1911) |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii (De Wild.) N.E. Br. |
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain var. trifasciata (1903) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Stemless herb with creeping rootstock 1,3-2,5 cm Ø; leaves 1-6 per shoot, smooth, 0,3-1,2 m long, 1-6,8 cm wide, very erect, straight, stiff, apex subulate to 3,7 cm long, narrowing at base into a concave-channelled petiole; blade transversely banded on both sides with very distinct light dull green or clear whitish-green or yellow and deep grass-green to almost blackish-green, margins green; inflorescence 30-75 cm long, peduncle green, dotted with paler green; flower-clusters solitary or in groups of 2-3, flowers 3-8 per cluster; perianth at most 3 cm long, pale greenish or greenish-white; tube 0,65-1,3 cm long, lobes 1,5-2 cm long; berry globose, c. 0,8 cm Ø, bright orange. |
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Ecology : |
? Ecology unknown; 500-1200 m alt. |
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Many clones are in cultivation. |
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Described from India. Native in W-C Africa. Occasionally cultivated since centuries in Africa, India; a common house-plant in temperate countries. |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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