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Sansevieria abyssinica

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Identification
Sansevieria abyssinica N.E.Brown [family DRACAENACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Sansevieria guineensis Willd. [family DRACAENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Sansevieria guineensis
  • Sansevieria abyssinica
  • Sansevieria forskaliana

Flora

Entry for SANSEVIERIA forskaoliana (Schult. f.) Hepper & Wood [family DRACAENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SANSEVIERIA forskaoliana (Schult. f.) Hepper & Wood [family DRACAENACEAE], (1983);
Smilacina forskaoliana Schult. f. [family CONVALLARIACEAE], (1829), as “ forskaliana ”. [type as above]
Smilacina abyssinica N.E. Br. [family CONVALLARIACEAE], (1913).
Acyntha elliptica Chiov. [family ], (1932);. type: plant collected by Guidotti in S2 between “Merca” and “Genale”, and cultivated in Modena, illustrated in Chiovenda, Fl. Somala 2: Fig. 239 (1932).
Sansevieria elliptica (Chiov.) Cuf. [family DRACAENACEAE], (1971);. type: plant collected by Guidotti in S2 between “Merca” and “Genale”, and cultivated in Modena, illustrated in Chiovenda, Fl. Somala 2: Fig. 239 (1932).
abyssinica Chiov. var. sublaevigata [family ], Fl. Somala 2: 419 (1932);. type: S3, “Uamo Ido”, Senni 260 (FT holo.).
Sansevieria abyssinica (Chiov.) Cuf. var. sublaevigata [family DRACAENACEAE], Enum.: 1569 (1971);. type: S3, “Uamo Ido”, Senni 260 (FT holo.).
Information
Plant without aerial stem. Leaves 2–3(–4), ± erect, rigid, up to at least 60 x 7.5 cm, sometimes rough with transverse ridges on both sides or below only, flat, lanceolate, with a hard brown spine-like tip, tapering below into a petiole-like base, often variegated; margins with hardened reddish-brown edges. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme, up to 75 cm or more high including peduncle; flowers 4–5 in a cluster, whitish; pedicels 3–8 mm long, articulated at the middle or near the top. Free parts of tepals c. 10 mm long, linear, obtuse; tube c. 15 mm long.
Range
N1, 2; C1; S1–3 and perhaps further south
Altitude range
40–1550 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4041; Bally 11116, 11751.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Sudan
Kenya
Arabia
Notes
A record of S. nilotica Bak. in Kuchar, Plants of Somalia (1988) is probably based on material of S. forskaoliana.

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