Sansevieria forskaoliana

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Sansevieria forskaoliana
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Sansevieria forskaoliana

Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Nolinoideae
Genre : Bow hemp ( Sansevieria )
Type : Sansevieria forskaoliana
Scientific name
Sansevieria forskaoliana
( Schult.F. ) Hepper & JRIWood

Sansevieria forskaoliana is a species of the genus Sansevieria in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). Thespecific epithet honors the Finnish botanist Peter Forsskål , who especially traveled to the Arab countries.

description

Sansevieria forskaoliana grows without a trunk as a perennial , succulent plant with at least two centimeters thick rhizomes . The upright lanceolate foliage leaves are tapering from the center in a rutty stalk. The simple leaf blade is at least 60 inches long and 6.5 to 7.5 inches wide. A fifth to a third of the width is always narrowed. The tip of the spreader is very hardened, brown and at least 2 millimeters long. The leaves are green. The spreading edge is wavy, hard and colored reddish brown. The leaf surface is rough, the underside is finely wrinkled across.

The single- eared inflorescences are at least 95 centimeters long. The panicles are occupied with four to five flowers per tuft. The flower stalk is up to 10 millimeters in size. The bracts are white.

distribution

Sansevieria forskaoliana is widespread in Yemen , Sudan , Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on dry, rocky slopes and river beds, mostly in the shade between 550 and 2000 meters altitude.

Taxonomy

It was first described as Smilacina forskaoliana in 1829 by Julius Hermann Schultes . Frank Nigel Hepper and John Richard Ironside Wood introduced the species to Sansevieria in 1983 . Other synonyms for Sansevieria forskaoliana (Schult.F.) Hepper & JRIWood are: Sansevieria abyssinica var. Angustior (Engl.) Cufod. (1971), Acyntha abyssinica (NEBr.) Chiov. (1916), Acyntha abyssinica var. Sublaevigata Chiov. (1932), Acyntha elliptica Chiov. (1932), Sansevieria abyssinica N.E.Br. (1913), Sansevieria abyssinica var. Sublaevigata (Chiov.) Cufod. (1971), Sansevieria elliptica (Chiov.) Cufod. (1971) and Sansevieria guineensis var. Angustior Engl. (1902).

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. 70-71 .
  • Leonard E. Newton: Sansevieria forskaoliana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon . tape 1 Monocotyledons. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-8001-3662-9 , pp. 276 .
  • Ib Friis: Sansevieria forskaoliana, a new name for Sansevieria abyssinica . In: Sansevieria Journal . Volume 4, 1995, pp. 3-8.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 86.
  2. ↑ Caroli a Linné ... Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Cum characteribus differentiis et synonymis. Edition nova, speciebus inde from editione XV. Detectis aucta et locupletata . Vol. 7, Issue 1, Stuttgardtiae 1829, p. 304 (online) .
  3. ↑ FN Hepper, JRI Wood: New combinations and notes based on Forsskal's Arabian collection . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 38, Issue 1, 1983, pp. 83-86

Web links

Commons : Sansevieria forskaliana  - collection of images