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Sansevieria volkensii

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Name

Identification
Sansevieria quarrei De Wild. [family DRACAENACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Sansevieria volkensii Gurke [family DRACAENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Sansevieria quarrei
  • Sansevieria volkensii
  • Acyntha polyrhytis

Flora

Entry for SANSEVIERIA volkensii Gürke [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 volkensii Gürke [family DRACAENACEAE], (1895).
SANSEVIERIA intermedia N.E. Br. [family DRACAENACEAE], (1914).
Acyntha polyrhitis Chiov. [family ], (1932);. type: S3, “Gelib”, Tozzi 410 (FT holo., K iso.).
SANSEVIERIA polyrhitis (Chiov.) Cuf. [family DRACAENACEAE], (1971);. type: S3, “Gelib”, Tozzi 410 (FT holo., K iso.).
Information
Plant without aerial stem. Leaves 5–8(–12), spirally arranged, ± erect, rigid, 50–120 x c. 1.5 cm, smooth to rough, subcylindric, with 30–40 fine but distinct furrows extending from base to apex on the sides and back and with a concave furrowed channel all along above, ± curved and obtusely cuspidate at the tip, without markings; margins of channel white or with a red-brown line edged with white. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme, up to 60 cm high including peduncle; flowers 3–6 in a cluster, white or greenish-white; pedicels c. 2 mm long, articulated near the tip. Free parts of tepals 12–20 mm long, linear, obtuse; tube 14–32 mm long.
Range
S3
Altitude range
at c. 30 m.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Notes
This is in Somalia only known from the sterile type collection of S. polyrhitis . Fertile material should be looked for in the lower Juba valley to prove the identity of the Somali plant.

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