Biology:Sansevieria bagamoyensis

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Sansevieria bagamoyensis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Sansevieria
Species:
S. bagamoyensis
Binomial name
Sansevieria bagamoyensis
N.E.Br.

Sansevieria bagamoyensis is a succulent plant native to Tanzania and the surrounding region in East Africa.

Description

Sansevieria bagamoyensis grows long stems (over 60cm), with slender, flat, succulent leaves.

It very closely resembles the related Sansevieria arborescens, which has wider, more flexible leaves. The leaves of S. bagamoyensis are narrower (under 16 mm) and more brittle.[1][2]

External links

  1. Nicholas Edward Brown: Sansevieria - a monograph of all the known species (with plates). Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Heft 5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1915, S. 198.
  2. Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN:3-540-00489-0, S. 13.

Wikidata ☰ Q7214521 entry