Sansevieria pedicellata

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Sansevieria pedicellata
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Sansevieria pedicellata

Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Nolinoideae
Genre : Bow hemp ( Sansevieria )
Type : Sansevieria pedicellata
Scientific name
Sansevieria pedicellata
la Croix

Sansevieria pedicellata is a species of the genus Sansevieria in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet pedicellata comes from Latin and means 'with a stem' and describes the shape of the flower.

description

Sansevieria pedicellata grows without a trunk as a perennial , succulent plant with creeping, very strong, 1.5 to 5 centimeters thick rhizomes . The four to six leaves on a shoot, rarely up to 15 linear, are smooth green and without spots or stripes. The simple leaf blade is up to 72 inches long and up to 6 inches wide. They end abruptly in a sharp spider tip. The spreading edge is apparently folded in and begins with a reddish line and an outer white line. The leaf surface is smooth.

The single- eared inflorescences are up to 30 centimeters high. The panicles are one centimeter apart and have four to six flowers per cluster. The bracts are whitish. The flower tube is 8 to inches long. The tips are 1.7 to 2 inches long.

distribution

Sansevieria pedicellata is widespread in Mozambique in the Manica province on the border with Zimbabwe .

Taxonomy

It was first described in 2004 by Isobyl Florence la Croix .

proof

literature

  • Peter A. Mansfeld: Everything about Sansevieria - manual about origin, cultivation and care . 1st edition. BoD, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-0815-9 , p. 90-91 .
  • Peter A. Mansfeld: The genus Sansevieria - all kinds and their care . 1st edition. BoD, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-5142-1 , p. 93 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 180.
  2. ↑ Isobyl la Croix. Two new species of Sansevieria Thunb. (Dracaenaceae) from the Flora Zambesiaca area . In: Kew Bulletin , Kew, England Vol. 59, 2004, Issue 4, p. 620

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