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Sansevieria fischeri

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Identification
Sansevieria fischeri (Baker) Marais [family AGAVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet., Buphane fischeri Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Buphane fischeri
  • Sansevieria fischeri
  • Sansevieria singularis

Flora

Entry for SANSEVIERIA fischeri (Bak.) Marais [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 fischeri (Bak.) Marais [family DRACAENACEAE], (1986);
Boophane fischeri Bak. [family ], (1898). [type as above]
SANSEVIERIA singularis N.E. Br. [family DRACAENACEAE], (1911).
Information
Plant without aerial stem. Leaves solitary, erect, rigid, 45–240 x 2–4 cm, slightly rough, cylindric, with 4–6 furrows on the sides and back extending from base to apex and with a narrow concave channel all along above, suddenly narrowing to a stout whitish spine-like tip, marked with transverse pale green bands when young. Inflorescence a spike-like to head-like raceme. Free parts of tepals 5–13 mm long, linear, obtuse; tube 20–50 mm long.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 60 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Senni 131; Calvino s.n.; Guidotti s.n. (all FT).
Distribution (external)
S Ethiopia
Kenya
N Tanzania
Notes
Calvino s.n. was identified as S. stuckyi Godefr.-Leb. (1903) by N.E. Brown according to Chiovenda, Fl. Somala 2: 422 (1932), a species otherwise only known from Mozambique. However, the leaves of the sterile Somali material shows well-marked furrows along the sides and back and therefore agree better with S. fischeri in Kenya and Tanzania, and I provisionally refer it to this species. Flowering material from Somalia is needed for conclusiveness. The description of the flowers above is based on East African material, and is taken from Rauh in Sukkulentenkunde 7–8: 108–127 (1963) and Pfennig in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 102: 175 (1981). According to Pfennig (op. cit.: 176, 1981) S. stuckyi has a large head-like inflorescence with free parts of tepals c. 40 mm long and tube 90–100 mm long. The record of S. robusta N.E. Br. in Cuf. Enum.: 1571 (1971) is based on Guidotti s.n. (FT). This consists of sterile material from southern Somalia that belongs here.

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