Sansevieria fischeri

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sansevieria fischeri
Sansevieria fischeri pm1.JPG

Sansevieria fischeri

Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Nolinoideae
Genre : Bow hemp ( Sansevieria )
Type : Sansevieria fischeri
Scientific name
Sansevieria fischeri
( Baker ) Marais

Sansevieria fischeri is a species of plant in the genus Sansevieria in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet honors the German physician and natural scientist Gustav Adolf Fischer , who collected plants in Kenya and Tanzania for three years and then died of black fever.

description

Sansevieria fischeri grows without a trunk as a perennial , succulent plant with up to 4.5 centimeters thick rhizomes . The individual and mostly upright leaves are cylindrical in shape. They have four to six longitudinal furrows. The simple leaf blade is 45 to 240 centimeters long. It narrows slightly upwards to near the tip into a strong, short, whitish spider tip. The leaves are dull grayish green or bluish green, lighter green when young with pale green transverse bands. The leaf surface is slightly rough.

The simply capped inflorescences are up to 10 centimeters high with an underground stem. The panicles are densely covered with flowers per cluster. The bracts are pointed, 3 to 5 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. The flower stalk is up to 1.3 inches long. The bracts are whitish, sometimes tinged purple. The flower tube is 2 to 5 inches long. The tips are 5 to 10 millimeters, white with an outer purple vein.

distribution

Sansevieria fischeri is widespread in Ethiopia , Kenya , Somalia and Tanzania on sandy soils on the edge of thickets and in dense bushes at an altitude of 260 to 900 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Buphane fischeri was in 1898 by John Gilbert Baker . Wessel Marais introduced the species to Sansevieria in 1986 . Another synonym for Sansevieria fischeri (Baker) Marais is Sansevieria singularis N.E.Br. (1911).

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. 68-69 .
  • Leonard E. Newton: Sansevieria . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon . tape 1 : Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 276 .
  • Adrian Pawitra: Sansevieria, 200 Jenis Spektakuler , 400 photo . Trubus, Jawa Barat 2007, ISBN 978-979-936976-5 , p. 71 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 84.
  2. ^ Flora of Tropical Africa . Volume 7, London 1898, p. 577 (online) .
  3. ^ W. Marais: A new name for Sansevieria singularis NE Br. (Liliaceae) . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 41, Issue 1, 1986, p. 58.

Web links

Commons : Sansevieria fischeri  - Collection of images, videos and audio files