EcoFlora - Sansevieria hyacinthoides

Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce
Family: Asparagaceae Guanatail [Acyntha guineensis (L.) Medik., more] University of Florida Herbarium	FNA Resources Susan Verhoek & William J. Hess in Flora of North America (vol. 26) Leaves 4-10 × 0.5-0.9 dm; blade with transverse white- or yellow-mottled bands, flat, glabrous, margins often yellow, entire, tufted. Inflorescences paniculate, surpassing leaves, 6 dm. Flowers: tepals greenish white to pale pink, 25-40 mm, limb lobes recurved, linear, 14-18 mm; filaments surpassing lobes; ovary 5 mm; style filiform, to 4 mm; stigma capitate. Berries red, globose, 8 mm diam. Flowering spring. Near old dwelling sites; 0--100 m; introduced; Fla.; Africa. The taxonomic disposition of plants here treated as Sansevieria hyacinthoides has varied. R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971) considered them S. thyrsiflora, while J. K. Small (1933) treated them as Cordyline guineensis, and L. H. Bailey et al. (1976) as S. hyacinthoides.
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