Sansevierias

Sansevieria Species

1. Sansevieria aethiopica
2. Sansevieria angustiflora
3. Sansevieria angustiflora 'Sudwalla Caves'
4. Sansevieria arborescens
5. Sansevieria ascendens
6. Sansevieria aubrytiana
7. Sansevieria aubrytiana ‘African Dawn’
8. Sansevieria bacularis
9. Sansevieria ballyi
10. Sansevieria ballyi 'Ann Robertson'
11. Sansevieria ballyi ‘Minnie’
12. Sansevieria ballyi ‘Tom Grumbley’
13. Sansevieria bella
14. Sansevieria bella 'Mutomo'
15. Sansevieria 'Black Scimitar'
16. Sansevieria ‘Blue Kew’
17. Sansevieria 'Boncel'
18. Sansevieria braunii
19. Sansevieria burdetti
20. Sansevieria burmanica
21. Sansevieria canaliculata
22. Sansevieria caulescens
23. Sansevieria concinna
21. Sansevieria concinna ‘Spoon Leaf’
24. Sansevieria concinna ‘Dwarf Spoon Leaf’
25. Sansevieria conspicua
26. Sansevieria cylindrica
27. Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula
28. Sansevieria dawei
29. Sansevieria pearsonii (deserti)
30. Sansevieria dooneri
31. Sansevieria downsii
32. Sansevieria dumetescens
33. Sansevieria ebracteata
34. Sansevieria ebracteata ‘Bandipur’
35. Sansevieria ehrenbergii
36. Sansevieria ehrenbergii ‘Salaf’
35. Sansevieria eilensis
36. Sansevieria elliptica
37. Sansevieria elliptica ‘Horwood’
38. Sansevieria erythraeae
39. Sansevieria fasciata
40. Sansevieria fischeri
41. Sansevieria foskaoliana
42. Sansevieria foskaoliana 'Burao'
43. Sansevieria francisii
44. Sansevieria frequens
45. Sansevieria gracilis
46. Sansevieria gracillima
47. Sansevieria hallii
48. Sansevieria hallii 'Blue Bat'
49. Sansevieria hallii 'Lundi Bat'
50. Sansevieria hallii 'Pink Bat'
51. Sansevieria hargeisana
52. Sansevieria humiflora
53. Sansevieria hyacinthoides
54. Sansevieria 'Kariba Bat'
55. Sansevieria kirkii var. kirkii
56. Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra
57. Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra ‘Coppertone’
58. Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra ‘Metallic Silver’
59. Sansevieria 'Kitonga'
60. Sansevieria ‘Kyamasumba’
61. Sansevieria ‘Las Anod’
62. Sansevieria 'Lav. 23251'
63. Sansevieria liberica
64. Sansevieria longiflora
65. Sansevieria longiflora var. fernandopoensis
66. Sansevieria longistyla
67. Sansevieria ‘Malawi Midnight’
68. Sansevieria masoniana
69. Sansevieria 'McLoughlin'
70. Sansevieria metallica
71. Sansevieria metallica var. longituba
72. Sansevieria metallica var. nyasica
73. Sansevieria nilotica
74. Sansevieria nilotica var. obscura
75. Sansevieria nitida
76. Sansevieria 'Pare Mountains'
77. Sansevieria parva
78. Sansevieria patens
79. Sansevieria pedicellata
80. Sansevieria pedicellata ‘Chimanimani Mountains’
81. Sansevieria pedicellata ‘Chipinge’
82. Sansevieria pearsonii
83. Sansevieria perrotii
84. Sansevieria pfisteri
85. Sansevieria phillipsiae
86. Sansevieria pinguicula
87. Sansevieria powysii
88. Sansevieria raffillii var. raffillii
89. Sansevieria raffillii var. glauca
90. Sansevieria robusta
91. Sansevieria pearsonii (rhodesiana)
92. Sansevieria rorida
93. Sansevieria roxbhurgiana
94. Sansevieria roxburghiana ‘Roxette’
95. Sansevieria sambiranensis
96. Sansevieria scimitariformis
97. Sansevieria senegambica
98. Sansevieria ‘Serpentine’
99. Sansevieria 'Silk Bat'
100. Sansevieria ‘Silver Blue’
101. Sansevieria sinus-simiorum
102. Sansevieria sinus-simiorum 'Malawi Bat'
103. Sansevieria sordida
104. Sansevieria subspicata
105. Sansevieria subspicata ‘Dumpling’
106. Sansevieria subtilis
107. Sansevieria suffruticosa var. suffruticosa
108. Sansevieria suffruticosa var. longituba
109. Sansevieria suffruticosa ‘Frosty Spears’
110. Sansevieria ‘Superclone’
111. Sansevieria stuckyi
112. Sansevieria trifasciata
113. Sansevieria varians
114. Sansevieria volkensii
115. Sansevieria 'Wangala Station'
116. Sansevieria ‘Warshiik’
117. Sansevieria ‘Xaskul’
118. Sansevieria zeylanica

Sansevieria hybrid

1. Sansevieria 'Balthasar' - Jankalski
=S. fischeri x S. concinna 'Spoon Leaf' (Lavranos and Lubbers 5949, HBG 32466, 61068) B.J. Chahinian SJPI No. B033
Syn. S. sp. Lav. 5949 x S. fischeri Chahinian, Sans. Journal 3 (2):44 (1994) (BSGW 10156), S. fischeri x Socotra (BSGW 1999 Cactus and Succulents Collectibles Catalog, p. 48, 1999) (BSGW 10149, GHW 68579)

2. Sansevieria 'Blue Hybrid'- Chahinian
USDA hybrid of unknown parentage James McConville SJPI No. B004
Syn. S. hybrid 'Blue' Chahinian, The Splendid Sansevieria 139 (2005)

3. Sansevieria 'Doris Pfennig'- Chahinian
S. pinguicula x S. philiipsiae Horst Pfennig, Kew living collection #1983-3412
Revised, Journal #22: S. 'Doris Pfennig' = S. pinguicula (Pf 72) x S. hargeisana (Pf 204/LAV. 7382)

4. Sansevieria 'Druid Hill'- Jankalski
S. trifasciata 'Manda's Dwarf x S. ballyi (Bally 12681) Steven Jankalski

5. Sansevieria 'Ed Eby'
Syn. S. patens hort not N.E. Brown, sensu Rossovich, sensu Chahinian, The Splendid Sansevieria 93-95 (USDA PI #254414 from RBG, Kew = USDA M19516 = FBG 66.649=HBG 62111=ISI2004-35=GC86021=GHW68142=BSGW 10070=Br 95015, 96067) Prob. S. canaliculata x S. pearsonii

6. Sansevieria 'Fernwood' - Grigsby
S. parva x S. suffruticosa Rogers Weld of Fernwood Plants

7. Sansevieria 'Florida H-13' - Wilson, Joyner, Fisher, Summers and Seale, University of Florida
Syn. S. 'Alva', S. trifasciata x deserti 'Fla. H-13' Chahinian, The Splendid Sansevieria 140-141 (GHW 69389), S. deserti x S. fasciculata (BSGW 10027), S. trifasciata x S. singularis (GC 78140), S. 'Screen Door' hort Artificial diploid hybrid with equal parts of both S. trifasciata x S. pearsonii Wilson, Joyner, Fisher, Summers and Seale, University of Florida

8. Sansevieria 'Florida H-54-3'- Jankalski
Syn. S. trifasciata x deserti 'Fla. H-54-3' Chahinian, The Splendid Sansevieria 142 Artificial triploid hybrid with two parts of the S. trifasciata x S. pearsonii

9. Sansevieria 'Koko'- Eby
unknown, prop. S. pearsonii x flat leafed species

10. Sansevieria 'Leopard Bat' - Butler
Syn. S. fischeri 'Leopard Bat' (BSGW 10029)=Rauh Ke538=GC 78120=Gl.&F 71-588=Dodson 60.615=HBG 61168, HBG 61044) S. fischeri x S. raffillii

11. Sansevieria 'Midnight Fountain'- Chahinian
USDA M19328 Unknown

12. Sansevieria 'Midnight Star' - Chahinian
USDA M19499, HBG 50499, S. cylindrica 'Midnight Star', Trubus 2008, p. 65 , SJPI No. B025

13. Sansevieria 'Stella' - Chahinian
Syn. S. trifasciata 'Stella' (BSGW 10115, GHW 66879) S. trifasciata 'Silver Queen' x S. aethiopica B. J. Chahinian

14. Sansevieria 'Stellette'- Chahinian
Syn. S. trifasciata 'Stellette' (BSGW 10142) S. trifasciata 'Silver Queen' x S aethiopica B. J. Chahinian

15. Sansevieria 'Tarzana'- Chahinian
Syn. S. fischeri x S. cylindrica var. cylindrica B. J. Chahinian

Suspected hybrid
16. Sansevieria 'Lavranos and Bleck 4186'
S. aethioipica x S. pearsonii

17. Sansevieria 'Shonen's Knife' - Jankalski
S. splendens hort. Ex. Eby (Brookside Sa 139) S. subspicata x S. trifasciata

18. Sansevieria xitumea (Mbugua) Jankalski
S. aethiopica var. itumea Mbugua, S. ballyi Pfennig not Newton S. raffillii x S gracilis

19. Sansevieria powellii N.E. Brown Acyntha powellii (N.E. Brown) Chiovenda S. arborescens x S. robusta

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- FBG = Foster Botanical Garden
- HBG = Huntington Botanical Garden
- Br = Brookside Nursery
- BSGW = Bob Smoley's Garden World
- GHW : Glass Houseworks
- Gl & F : Charles Glass & Robert Foster (Abbey Garden)
- RBG = Royal Botanical Garden/Kew Garden
- USDA = United States Dept. of Agriculture
- GC = Grigsby Cactus & Succulent

Sansevieria Journals

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The International Sansevieria Society

Sansevieria aff. ballyi (ES 22246), Tanzania, Umba Plain.

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection

Sansevieria aff. bella (ES 22696),Tanzania, Mbeya Prov.

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection. With siver and rough leaves

Sansevieria aff. volkensii (ES22326), Tanzania, North of Mkomazi

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection. Very rough leaves

Sansevieria ballyi

Sansevieria ballyi was originally collected in Kenya. These are fun to grow and will eventually start hanging as they continue to offset. Formely name is Sansevieria 'Bally 12681', dedicated to Peter Bally.Habitat: Kivuko Hills, Kenya by L.E. Newton

Sansevieria 'Balthasar'

A Chahinian' hybrid, S. fischeri x S. concinna 'Spoon Leaf' (Lavranos and Lubbers 5949, HBG 32466, 61068) B.J. Chahinian SJPI No. B033
Syn. S. sp. Lav. 5949 x S. fischeri Chahinian, Sans. Journal 3 (2):44 (1994) (BSGW 10156), S. fischeri x Socotra (BSGW 1999 Cactus and Succulents Collectibles Catalog, p. 48, 1999) (BSGW 10149, GHW 68579)

Sansevieria bella

It is close to Sansevieria suffruticosa, except that its leaves are fattier, almost round in cross- section, of a more yellowish green color and the channel on the inside face is very short.

The epithet means beautiful in Latin

Sansevieria bella 'Mutomo'

Collected by Jerry Barad at Mutomo, between Nairobi and Mombassa, Kenya in 1971.Syn. S. suffruticosa 'Mutomo' and S. suffruticosa 'Twisted Form'

Sansevieria 'Blue Hybrid'

USDA hybrid of unknown parentage James McConville SJPI No. B004
Syn. S. hybrid 'Blue' Chahinian, The Splendid Sansevieria 139 (2005)

Sansevieria braunii (ES 22435)

Sansevieria braunii (PF1192) (ES 22431)

Sansevieria concinna

The spoon-leaf, leaves dark-green with a distinct petiole and shoulder.Habitat: Mozambique

Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula

A variety that has leaves which arch downwards.The epithet means spreading in Latin.

Habitat: Angola

Sansevieria dawei

With tall green leaves and glaucous covering, and orange-brown edges

Sansevieria desertii (pearsonii)

Grey-green leaves, rough, and grooved. Makes a dramatic clump when mature

Habitat: Botswana: on thebanks of Botletle River in the Kalahari desert

Sansevieria 'Doris Pfennig'

A garden hybrid between Sansevieria 'Doris Pfennig' = S. pinguicula (Pf 72) x Sansevieria hargeisana (Pf 204/LAV. 7382) by late Horst Pfennig. Leaves are thick and slightly recurved ending in a sharp poin.

The ephitet honored Doris Pfennig, wife of the creator of this sans.

Sansevieria downsii

Leaves recurved, star-like, dark green, shiny and red-edged, sharp pointed end.The epithet refer to Philip Downs, an English collector

Habitat: Njakwa Bridge over the Rukuru River, nothern Malawi

Sansevieria 'Ed Eby'

Syn. S. patens hort not N.E. Brown, sensu Rossovich, sensu Chahinian, The Splendid Sansevieria 93-95 (USDA PI #254414 from RBG, Kew = USDA M19516 = FBG 66.649=HBG 62111=ISI2004-35=GC86021=GHW68142=BSGW 10070=Br 95015, 96067) Prob. S. canaliculata x S. pearsonii

Sansevieria ehrenbergii 'Salaf'

Sansevieria elliptica 'Horwood'

This thick leaved beauty was originally collected by Francis Kenneth Horwood and sold as Sansevieria 'FKH 424' prior to being officially named Sansevieria elliptica 'Horwood'. These have beautiful leaf patterns, extra thick leaves and fun to grow. Very attractive plant with dramatic glossy green leaves with grey-white mottling, rough on the underside

Habitat: Kenya

Sansevieria erythraeae

Also known as Sansevieria schweinfurthii. Very dark green leaves, smooth, stiff and upright, ending in a blunt tip. Habitat: Eritrea and Ethiopia

Sansevieria fischeri

This sans. first described by N.E. Brown as Sansevieria singularis, describe one of the characters of this sans. in the mature stage.

Habitat: Kenya

Sansevieria forskaoliana

With deep blue-green, reddish edge and very rough on abaxial and adaxial leaves.

Sansevieria forskaoliana 'Burao'

Very dwarf with elliptical leaves in rosettes with distinct black cross-banding. Slow.

Synonim: S. angustior Brookside, Sansevieria elliptica sensu Chahinian, the Splendid Sansevieria p. 50-51, Lavranos 6795, HBG 22830, BSGW 40202

Habitat: nothern Somalia

Sansevieria francisii

This is one of the oddest of the Sansevieria genus. Originally collected in Kenya by Francis Kenneth Horwood and given the collection number of FKH 432. It's name was later changed to S. francisii. These are slow but easy to grow and form these tightly packed rosettes.

Sansevieria gracilis

Rosettes form with smooth light green leaves, semi-cylindrical and ending in a sharp point.

Sansevieria hallii

Also known as 'Baseball Bat'. The leaves are bat-shaped, dark green, with a brown edge.The epithet honored to English horticulturist Harry Hall

Habitat: Birkenough Bridge in Zimbabwe

Sansevieria hallii 'Blue Bat'

This sans. is a clone of Sansevieria hallii. It has overal blue color. Leaves are narrow and not widen at all towards the tip.Habitat: at the crossing of the Lundi and Sabi rivers by Anton Ellert

Sansevieria hallii 'Pink Bat'

Closely related to Sansevieria hallii. The leaves present a very pleasant “pinkish” color that has given it its cultivar name. This sansevieria grows as large as the former and further the rough leaf surface is such that reflects the life glittering like a mineral stone, proved it is grown in strong light. When pulled out of the soil the bottom of the leaves show a salmon color, on the bottom of the leaves

Habitat: Venda, South Africa

Sansevieria hargeisana

Leaves are very dark green, cross banded with lighter green and have a rough texture.Synonim: Lavranos 7382

Habitat: Hargeisa, North Central Region of Somalia

Sansevieria hyacinthoides

Leaves are broad, tongue-like, smooth, dark green, with mottlingHabitat: unknown probably from South Africa

Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra

Leaves wavy at the edges and metallic grey-green with black mottling.

Habitat: Zanzibar-locality not cited

Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra 'Metallic Silver'

It differs with others kirkii in having a predominance of silver blotches. Probably comes from Tanzania without precise locality.

Sansevieria 'Kyamasumba'

Collected in 1974 by Andrew R. Paterson in Kyamasumba, Congo. Similar with Sansevieria 'Superclone'but thinner than the latter

Sansevieria 'Pare Mountains' (ES 22316)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection, collected from west of the Pare mountains in Tanzania. In habitat, leaves can exceed 2 meters in height

Sansevieria pearsonii

It grows into big and dramatic fan shapes with a dark blue/green coloration, tall, thick, rigid. ImpressiveThe epithet is dedicated to the collector Prof. Pearson.

Sansevieria pearsonii comes from Angola and South Africa

Sansevieria perrotii

S. perrotii has v-shaped leaves which form a highly recurved fan when mature. Type: Tanzania, near Lindi. The epithet commemorate the collector B. Perrot

Sansevieria pinguicula

Sansevieria pinguicula is known as the "The Walking Sansevieria" because it sends out offsets above ground that "walk" away from the parent. Also known as the "Queen of the Sansevierias" because old specimens are regal, stately and beautiful.The epithet means fattish from the Latin pinguis

Habitat: Bura, in the Nothern Frontier Province, Kenya by J.J. Lavranos and L.E. Newton

Sansevieria raffillii var. glauca

A Kenyan species,leaves are glaucous with dark mottling.

Habitat: Kenya: Tsavo District

Sansevieria raffillii var. raffillii

A Kenyan species with glacious leaves.

Sansevieria rhodesiana (pearsonii)

Sansevieria scimitariformis (R2259)

Plant type of Sansevieria scimitariformis. Found in Zimbabwe, 9 km northeast of Shamva on the road to Makuruanopamaenza Hills by Dave Richards

Sansevieria scimitariformis (R1674)

A clone of Sansevieria scimitariformis, collected by Dave Richards in Western Zimbabwe, near Kamativi air strip. Got from Dave Richards around 2009

Sansevieria 'Silver Blue'

Formerly named as Sansevieria kirkii 'Silver Blue'. Very special form from Mbeya Province, Tanzania with exceptionally thick leaves, blue-grey in colour and with darker longitudinal lines and mottling.

Sansevieria sinus-simiorum

Recently described species from Monkey Bay, Malawi. Leaves are thick, upright and cylindrical, with a groove running the length. Very slow growing.The name comes from the area where A.F.M. Burdett found it, Monkey Bay in southern Malawi

Sansevieria sinus-simiorum (R1734)

Sansevieria sinus-simiorum 'Malawi Bat'

Sansevieria sp. Ethiopia, near Walenso Ranch (ES 21149)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection. With rough leaves abaxial and adaxial, probably is another clone of S. forskaoliana

Sansevieria sp. Tanzania (ES 22194)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection. Similar with Sansevieria bella

Sansevieria sp. Tanzania, near Morogoro (ES 21736)