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|accepted_name=Sansevieria hyacinthoides
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Druce
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles
|place=3: 423. 1914
|year=1914
}}
|common_names=African bowstring hemp
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aloe hyacinthoides
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 321. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aloe guineensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Jacquin
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cordyline guineensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Britton ex Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sansevieria guineensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Willdenow
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|name=Sansevieria thyrsiflora
|authority=Thunberg
}}
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Sansevieria;Sansevieria hyacinthoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sansevieria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sansevieria hyacinthoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 411
|treatment_page=page 415
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>4–10 × 0.5–0.9 dm; blade with transverse white- or yellow-mottled bands, flat, glabrous, margins often yellow, entire, tufted. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate, surpassing leaves, 6 dm. <b>Flowers</b>: 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. <b>Berries</b> red, globose, 8 mm diam.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Near old dwelling sites
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Africa.
|discussion=<p>The taxonomic disposition of plants here treated as <i>Sansevieria hyacinthoides</i> 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 <i>S. hyacinthoides</i>.</p>
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name=Sansevieria hyacinthoides
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Druce
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aloe guineensis;Cordyline guineensis;Sansevieria guineensis;Sansevieria thyrsiflora
|basionyms=Aloe hyacinthoides
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Near old dwelling sites
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles
|publication year=1914
|special status=
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|genus=Sansevieria
|species=Sansevieria hyacinthoides
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