Sansevieria kirkii
Sansevieria kirkii var kirkiii
Sansevieria kirkii is a species of the genus Sansevieria in the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ). The specific epithet honors the British Consul General in Zanzibar John Kirk, who was also a plant collector in East Africa.
Description
Sansevieria kirkiii stemless grows as a perennial, succulent plant with vigorous rhizomes. The one to three erect or ascending - spreading leaves are pointed upward recurved, extended lanceolate or broad band shape. The simple leaf blade is 75-275 centimeters long and 6-9 centimeters wide. You narrowed from about the middle gradually in a 8.5 to 12.7 mm long pale whitish brown and hard Spreitenspitze. The leaves are whitish brown, grayish green, mottled or pale green quergebändert, with three to nine dark green vertical lines. The leaf margin is wavy and reddish brown. The leaf surface is smooth. The variety pulchra has clearly gezeichnetere and partly prostrate leaves, with whitish green, buff, or almost reddish spots or irregular bands.
The simple capitate, dense inflorescences are up to 60 centimeters long. They have a matt violettlich brown, pale green or dull whitish spotted stem. The panicles densely covered with flowers and 3.8 to 10 inches long. The bract ovate or oblong ovate, acuminate or nearly blunt. It is 25 to 38 millimeters long and 8.5 up to 19 millimeters wide. The flower stem is 6.4 to 10.5 millimeters long. The flower tube is 11.4 to 12.7 inches long. It is pale pink violettlich or matte. The tip is 3.2 to 4.5 inches and white.
Dissemination
Sansevieria kirkii is preferably used in Malawi, Tanzania and Zanzibar on coral near sea level.
Taxonomy
The first description of Sansevieria kirkii was made in 1887 by John Gilbert Baker.
We distinguish the following varieties:
- Sansevieria kirkii var kirkii Baker: Synonyms are Sansevieria aubryana De Wildeman (1903) and Sansevieria aubrytiana Gérôme & Labroy (1903, nom. Illeg. ICBN article 53.1 ).
- Sansevieria kirkii var pulchra N.E.Br.: The first description was in 1915 by Nicholas Edward Brown. A synonym is Sansevieria longiflora Gérôme & Labroy (1903, nom. Illeg. ICBN article 53.1 ).