Sansevieria hyacinthoides
Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 423. 1914.
Common names: African bowstring hemp
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Aloe hyacinthoides Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 321. 1753
Synonyms: Aloe guineensis (Linnaeus) Jacquin Cordyline guineensis (Linnaeus) Britton ex Small Sansevieria guineensis (Linnaeus) Willdenow Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunberg
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Leaves 4–10 × 0.5–0.9 dm; blade with transverse white- or yellow-mottled bands, flat, glabrous, margins often yellow, entire, tufted. Inflorescences paniculate, surpassing leaves, 6 dm. Flowers: 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. Berries red, globose, 8 mm diam.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Near old dwelling sites
Elevation: 0–100 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., Africa.
Discussion
The taxonomic disposition of plants here treated as Sansevieria hyacinthoides 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 S. hyacinthoides.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.