Sansevieria arborescens
| Sansevieria arborescens | |
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| Sansevieria arborescens has thick, flexible leaves on long stems | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Sansevieria |
| Species: | S. arborescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Sansevieria arborescens Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy | |
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Sansevieria arborescens is a succulent plant native to Tanzania and the surrounding region in East Africa.
Description
Sansevieria arborescens grows long stems (over 60 cm), with thick, flat, succulent leaves.
It very closely resembles the related Sansevieria bagamoyensis. However, the leaves of S. arborescens are wider (over 25 mm) and less brittle.[1][2]
External links
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0, S. 13.
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