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Genus: Sansevieria
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Asparagaceae
About 60 species (mainly tropical Africa and
Asia), of which 10 are native to southern Africa. An additional
three species are cultivated in the region. Previously placed in the family Dracaenaceae,
then the Ruscaceae, neither of which is now recognised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
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Sansevieria aethiopica
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Sansevieria concinna |
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Sansevieria conspicua
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Sansevieria hallii |
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Sansevieria hyacinthoides |
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Sansevieria kirkii
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Sansevieria longiflora |
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Sansevieria metallica |
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Sansevieria pearsonii |
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Sansevieria stuckyi
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Sansevieria parva
Native to tropical East Africa. |
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Sansevieria trifasciata
Native to tropical West Africa. |
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Sansevieria volkensii
[= Sansevieria intermedia]
Native to tropical Africa. |
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