Sansevieria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Dracaeneae
Genus: Sansevieria
Sectiones: S. sect. Cephalantha – S. sect. Dracomima – S. sect. Sansevieria

Overview of species

S. aethiopica – S. arborescens – S. ascendens – S. aubrytiana – S. bacularis – S. bagamoyensis – S. ballyi – S. bella – S. braunii – S. burdettii – S. burmanica – S. canaliculata – S. caulescens – S. conduplicata – S. concinna – S. conspicua – S. cylindrica – S. dawei – S. dhofarica – S. dooneri – S. downsii – S. dumetescens – S. ebracteata – S. ehrenbergii – S. eilensis – S. erythraeae – S. fasciata – S. fischeri – S. formosa – S. forskaliana – S. francisii – S. frequens – S. gracilis – S. gracillima – S. hallii – S. hargeisana – S. humiflora – S. hyacinthoides – S. itumei – S. kirkii – S. liberica – S. lineata – S. longiflora – S. longistyla – S. lunatifolia – S. masoniana – S. metallica – S. newtoniana – S. nilotica – S. nitida – S. parva – S. patens – S. pearsonii – S. pedicellata – S. perrotii – S. pfisteri – S. phillipsiae – S. pinguicula – S. powellii – S. powysii – S. raffillii – S. roxburghiana – S. sambiranensis – S. scimitariformis – S. senegambica – S. sinus-simiorum – S. sordida – S. stuckyi – S. subspicata – S. subtilis – S. suffruticosa – S. trifasciata – S. varians – S. volkensii – S. zeylanica

Name

Sansevieria Thunb. (1794), nom. cons.

Type species: Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunb., nom. illeg.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Acyntha Medik., Theodora 76. 1786. nom. rej.
- Salmia Cav., Icon. 3: 24 (1795)
- Cordyline Adans., Fam. 2: 54, 543. Jul-Aug 1763, nom. rej. vs. Cordyline Commerson ex R.Br. (1810).
- Sansevera Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 260. 1812.
- Sanseverina Thunb., Fl. Cap. 2: 322. 1817.
- Sanseverinia Petagna, Inst. Bot. 3: 643. 1787. nom. rej.

Note: This genus could be best subsumed into an expanded Dracaena, but all of the above species combinations need to be checked for equivalence and the wider acceptance of this synonymy has yet to gain full consensus.

References

Thunb. 1794. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1(11): 65.
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-5-3 PDF Reference page.
Takawira-Nyenya, R., Thiede, J. & Mucina, L. 2021. New nomenclatural and taxonomic adjustments in Dracaena (Asparagaceae). Phytotaxa 524(4): 293-300. DOI: 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.524.4.5
Takawira-Nyenya, R., Mucina, L, Cardinal-McTeague, W.M. & Thiele, K.R. 2018. Sansevieria (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae) is a herbaceous clade within Dracaena: inference from non-coding plastid and nuclear DNA sequence data. Phytotaxa 376(6): 254–276. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.376.6.2 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Sansevieria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sansevieria. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2020. Sansevieria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug. 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sansevieria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Bogenhanf
English: Mother-in-law's Tongue, Devil's Tongue, Jinn's Tongue, Bow String Hemp, Snake Plant and Snake Tongue.
suomi: Anopinkielet
français: Sansevieria
hrvatski: Sansevieria
magyar: Fácánlevél
Bahasa Indonesia: Lidah mertua
italiano: Sansevieria
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Lidah Jin
norsk: Bajonettplanter
svenska: Bajonettliljesläktet

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