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 =============== - 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

One of the excited experience is when you receive a Journal!!. You ask yourselves, what's new species within?
To get these Journal, please joint the Sansevieria Society, you will receive 3 Journals for a subscription. Contact your Representative!
The International Sansevieria Society
To get these Journal, please joint the Sansevieria Society, you will receive 3 Journals for a subscription. Contact your Representative!
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)
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
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)
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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)

With dark green leaves, probably another form of Sansevieria 'Malawi Midnight' Chahinian
Sansevieria sp. Tanzania (ES 22282)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection.
Sansevieria sp. Tanzania (ES 21178)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection.
Sansevieria sp. Tanzania, East of Iringa (ES 22397)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection.
Sansevieria sp. Tanzania, near Mpanda (ES 22572)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection.
Sansevieria sp. Tanzania, North of Sumbawanga, ES 22575

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection.
Sansevieria sp. Tanzania (ES 21221)

An Ernst and Marita Specks (Exotica Nursery, Germany)' collection.
Sansevieria suffruticosa 'Frosty Spears'

This sans. has very pale whitish-green leaves with dark green cross-banding.Habitat: East Africa
Sansevieria subspicata

Dark green spoon-shaped leaves. Easy to grow. Habitat: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and South Africa
Sansevieria 'Superclone'

Formerly known as Sansvieria kirkii var. kirkii 'Superclone. Beautiful silver blue coloration. Thick and waxy.
Habitat: not known but possibly from the east African lowlands
Habitat: not known but possibly from the east African lowlands
Sansevieria 'Warshiik'

Sansevieria 'Warshiik' was collected by Bailes in early 1981 in Warshiik, Somalia. Leaves' form is usually spiral in cultivation although distichous fans can be formed.