Biology:Sansevieria suffruticosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Sansevieria |
| Species: | S. suffruticosa
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| Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E.Br.[1]
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Sansevieria suffruticosa is a species of Sansevieria native to Africa.[1] The first description of the species was made in 1915 by N. E. Brown.[1][2]
Description
It forms a short stem and grows its leaves in a rosette or sometimes in two spiraling rows (spiral distichous). Its spine-tipped leaves are 12-16mm thick, elliptical (rather than round) in cross-section, and pale to dark green depending on sun exposure.
It very closely resembles the smaller related species, Sansevieria gracilis and the more distichous species Sansevieria phillipsiae.[3] In its native habitat it often grows in dry or rocky ground,[4] and is highly drought tolerant.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 202 (1915).". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=286953.
- ↑ Brown, Nicholas Edward (1915), "Sansevieria - a monograph of all the known species (with plates)", Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens) 1915, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11492724
- ↑ "Sansevieria suffruticosa in Global Plants on JSTOR" (in en). https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Sansevieria.suffruticosa.
- ↑ "Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E. Br.". http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=175006.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q12641733 entry
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