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Sansevieria

The genus Sansevieria is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sansevieria

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria arborescens Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria aubrytiana Carrière Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria bagamoyensis N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria ballyi L.E.Newton Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria bella L.E.Newton Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria braunii Engl. & Krause Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria burdettii Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria burmanica N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria canaliculata Carrière Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria caulescens N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria conspicua N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria dawei Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria deserti N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria downsii Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria ebracteata (Cav.) Suresh Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria ehrenbergii Schweinf. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria eilensis Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria erythraeae Mattei Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria fasciata Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria fischeri (Baker) Marais Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria forskaliana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria francisii Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria frequens Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria gracilis N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria gracillima Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria grandicuspis Haw. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria grandis Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria hallii Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria hargeisana Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria humiflora D.J.Richards Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria kirkii Baker Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria liberica Gérôme & Labroy Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria longiflora Sims Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria longistyla la Croix Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria masoniana Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria metallica Gérôme & Labroy Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria nilotica Baker Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria nitida Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria parva N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria patens N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria pearsonii N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria pedicellata la Croix Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria perrotii Warb. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria pfennigii Mbugua Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria phillipsiae N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria pinguicula P.R.O.Bally Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria powellii N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria raffillii N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria roxburghiana Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria sambiranensis H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria scimitariformis D.J.Richards Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria senegambica Baker Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria sinus-simiorum Chahin. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria sordida N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria stuckyi God.-Leb. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria subspicata Baker Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria subtilis N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria sulcata Bojer ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria varians N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria volkensii Gürke Accepted H WCSP
Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 131 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sansevieria. Of these 66 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 14 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sansevieria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 131 species names for the genus Sansevieria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 66 50.4%
Synonym 63 48.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 1.5%

All names

The status of the 145 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sansevieria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 69 47.6%
Synonym 74 51.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 1.4%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 131 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sansevieria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 66 61 0 0 127 96.9%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 0.8%
Low confidence 0 1 0 2 3 2.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sansevieria, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.5%
WCSP 66 62 0 0 0 128 97.7%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.8%