Sansevieria suffruticosa

Sansevieria suffruticosa
Sansevieria suffruticosa in habitat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Nolinoideae
Genus:Sansevieria
Species: S. suffruticosa
Binomial name
Sansevieria suffruticosa

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. 1 2 3 "Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 202 (1915)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP).
  2. ↑ Brown, Nicholas Edward (1915), "Sansevieria - a monograph of all the known species (with plates)", Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (202 ed.), Royal Botanic Gardens
  3. ↑ "Sansevieria suffruticosa in Global Plants on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. ↑ "Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E. Br". African Plant Database. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
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