Sansevieria erythraeae

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Sansevieria erythraeae
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Sansevieria erythraeae

Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Nolinoideae
Genre : Bow hemp ( Sansevieria )
Type : Sansevieria erythraeae
Scientific name
Sansevieria erythraeae
Mattei

Sansevieria erythraeae is a species of the genus Sansevieria in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet erythraeae indicates the place where it was found in Eritrea.

description

Sansevieria erythraeae grows stemless as a perennial , succulent plant with rhizomes . The six to eight two-line and upright leaves are cylindrical in shape. They have a short groove on the top and five furrows on the bottom. The simple leaf blade is 40 to 50 centimeters long. It gradually narrows into a 2 to 3 millimeter long, dry, hard spade tip. The leaves are green. The leaf surface is smooth.

The single- eared inflorescences are up to 50 centimeters high. The panicles are densely populated with three to five flowers per cluster. The ovate-lanceolate-shaped support sheet is pointed. The flower stalk is 7 to 8 millimeters long. The flower tube is 5 to 7 millimeters long. The tips are larger than 7 millimeters.

distribution

Sansevieria erythraeae is distributed in Eritrea , Ethiopia and Sudan in semi-desert-like areas along rivers between 1200 and 2100 meters above sea level.

Taxonomy

The first description of Sansevieria erythraeae was in 1918 by Giovanni Ettore Mattei (1865-1943). A synonym for Sansevieria erythraeae Mattei is Sansevieria schweinfurthii Täckh. & Drar (1954, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 36.1).

proof

literature

  • Peter A. Mansfeld: The genus Sansevieria - all kinds and their care . 1st edition. BoD, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-5142-1 , p. 66 .
  • Leonard E. Newton: Sansevieria . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon . tape 1 Monocotyledons. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-8001-3662-9 , pp. 276 .
  • Adrian Pawitra: Sansevieria, 200 Jenis Spektakuler , 400 photo . Trubus, Jawa Barat 2007, ISBN 978-979-936976-5 , p. 70 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 78.
  2. ^ Bollettino di Studi ed Informazioni . Reale Orto Botanico Giardino Colonia, Volume 4, Palermo 1918, p. 170.

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