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Sansevieria is a historically recognized genus of flowering plants, native to Africa, notably Madagascar, and southern Asia, now included in the genus Dracaena on the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies.
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain. Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae , native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant , Saint George's sword , mother-in-law's tongue , and viper's bowstring hemp , among other names. [ 2 ]
You may have heard this plant called “snake plant” or “mother-in-law’s tongue.”
Dracaena (/ d r ə ˈ s iː n ə / [2]) is a genus of about 200 species of trees and succulent shrubs. [3] The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena.
Dracaena angolensis (synonym Sansevieria cylindrica), [1] commonly known as African spear or the spear sansevieria, [3] is a succulent plant native to Angola in Southern Africa.For years, it was placed within the genus Sansevieria (snake-plants), a specific name which is still used synonymously by some; in the 21st century, Sansevieria became part of Dracaena (dragon-trees), after improved ...
Dracaena pinguicula, synonym Sansevieria pinguicula, [1] also known as the walking sansevieria, is a xerophytic CAM succulent [2] native to the Bura area of Kenya, near Garissa. The species was described by Peter René Oscar Bally in 1943.
Dracaena hanningtonii, synonym Sansevieria ehrenbergii, [1] (blue sansevieria, sword sansevieria, oldupai, or East African wild sisal) is a flowering plant which grows in northeastern and eastern tropical Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania) and the Arabian Peninsula (Oman and Saudi Arabia). [1]
Non-variegated forms of Dracaena trifasciata are still often traded as Sansevieria zeylanica, but the true Dracaena zeylanica is poorly known [3] and uncommon in cultivation. [ 4 ] Dracaena zeylanica is a leafier plant (10-16 leaves per rosette, versus generally 2–4 in Dracaena trifasciata ), and its leaves lack a petiole, instead becoming ...