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Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Linnaeus) Druce [family DRACAENACEAE]
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Linnaeus) Druce [family DRACAENACEAE], Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles, 3: 423. 1914
Aloe hyacinthoides Linnaeus [family ALOACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 321. 1753
Aloe guineensis (Linnaeus) Jacquin [family ALOACEAE]
Cordyline guineensis (Linnaeus) Britton ex Small [family AGAVACEAE]
Sansevieria guineensis (Linnaeus) Willdenow [family DRACAENACEAE]
Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunberg [family DRACAENACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
William J. Hess
Information
Leaves 4–10 × 0.5–0.9 dm; blade with transverse white- or yellow-mottled bands, flat, glabrous, margins often yellow, entire, tufted. Inflorescences paniculate, surpassing leaves, 6 dm. Flowers: tepals greenish white to pale pink, 25–40 mm, limb lobes recurved, linear, 14–18 mm; filaments surpassing lobes; ovary 5 mm; style filiform, to 4 mm; stigma capitate. Berries red, globose, 8 mm diam.
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
Africa.USA Fla.
Discussion
The taxonomic disposition of plants here treated as Sansevieria hyacinthoides has varied. R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971) considered them S. thyrsiflora, while J. K. Small (1933) treated them as Cordyline guineensis, and L. H. Bailey et al. (1976) as S. hyacinthoides.
Native/Introduced
introduced;
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Linnaeus) Druce [family DRACAENACEAE], Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles, 3: 423. 1914
Aloe hyacinthoides Linnaeus [family ALOACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 321. 1753
Aloe guineensis (Linnaeus) Jacquin [family ALOACEAE]
Cordyline guineensis (Linnaeus) Britton ex Small [family AGAVACEAE]
Sansevieria guineensis (Linnaeus) Willdenow [family DRACAENACEAE]
Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunberg [family DRACAENACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
William J. Hess
Information
Leaves 4–10 × 0.5–0.9 dm; blade with transverse white- or yellow-mottled bands, flat, glabrous, margins often yellow, entire, tufted. Inflorescences paniculate, surpassing leaves, 6 dm. Flowers: tepals greenish white to pale pink, 25–40 mm, limb lobes recurved, linear, 14–18 mm; filaments surpassing lobes; ovary 5 mm; style filiform, to 4 mm; stigma capitate. Berries red, globose, 8 mm diam.
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
Africa.USA Fla.
Discussion
The taxonomic disposition of plants here treated as Sansevieria hyacinthoides has varied. R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971) considered them S. thyrsiflora, while J. K. Small (1933) treated them as Cordyline guineensis, and L. H. Bailey et al. (1976) as S. hyacinthoides.
Native/Introduced
introduced;
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Linnaeus) Druce [family DRACAENACEAE], Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles, 3: 423. 1914
Aloe hyacinthoides Linnaeus [family ALOACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 321. 1753
Aloe guineensis (Linnaeus) Jacquin [family ALOACEAE]
Cordyline guineensis (Linnaeus) Britton ex Small [family AGAVACEAE]
Sansevieria guineensis (Linnaeus) Willdenow [family DRACAENACEAE]
Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunberg [family DRACAENACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
William J. Hess
Information
Leaves 4–10 × 0.5–0.9 dm; blade with transverse white- or yellow-mottled bands, flat, glabrous, margins often yellow, entire, tufted. Inflorescences paniculate, surpassing leaves, 6 dm. Flowers: tepals greenish white to pale pink, 25–40 mm, limb lobes recurved, linear, 14–18 mm; filaments surpassing lobes; ovary 5 mm; style filiform, to 4 mm; stigma capitate. Berries red, globose, 8 mm diam.
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
Africa.USA Fla.
Discussion
The taxonomic disposition of plants here treated as Sansevieria hyacinthoides has varied. R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971) considered them S. thyrsiflora, while J. K. Small (1933) treated them as Cordyline guineensis, and L. H. Bailey et al. (1976) as S. hyacinthoides.
Native/Introduced
introduced;
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