Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb.

First published in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 65 (1794)
This name is a synonym of Dracaena aethiopica

Publications

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. [Cited as Sansevieria aethiopica.]
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Sansevieria aethiopica.]
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Sansevieria aethiopica.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L.E. Newton in Ill. Handbook Succ. Plants 1: 261 (2001).
  • N.E. Brown in Bot. Mag., 139: t. 8487 (1913)
  • N.E. Brown in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1915: 230 (1915)
  • Obermeyer in Flora of Southern Africa 5 (3): 7 (1992)
  • Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 65 (1794)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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