Difference between revisions of "Sansevieria"
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Revision as of 21:46, 21 July 2021
Herbs, perennial, erect, from thick rhizomes. Leaves basal, erect; blade often variegated and mottled, elongate, thick, flat or cylindrical, rigid. Inflorescences paniculate, racemose, or spicate. Flowers bisexual; tepals basally connate into tube, white, yellowish white, pale pink, or greenish white, tips narrow; ovary superior. Fruits baccate. Seeds 1–3. x = 9, 19, 20, 21, 33.
Distribution
Introduced; Africa, Sri Lanka.
Discussion
Species 60 (1 in the flora).
Many species of Sansevieria are used as house and greenhouse plants. Some besides S. hyacinthoides have reportedly escaped in southern Florida but I have seen no specimens.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"643. 1794" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components.