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Dracaena zeylanica

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Species of flowering plant

Dracaena zeylanica
Botanical illustration as Sansevieria zeylanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dracaena
Species: D. zeylanica
Binomial name
Dracaena zeylanica
(L.) Mabb.
Synonyms
  • Acyntha zeylanica (L.) Kuntze
  • Cordyline zeylanica (L.) Britton
  • Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd.
  • Aloe hyacinthoides var. zeylanica L.
  • Aloe zeylanica (L.) Jacq.
  • Sansevieria ensifolia Haw.
  • Sansevieria grandicuspis Haw.
  • Sansevieria indica Herter
  • Sansevieria pumila Haw.

Dracaena zeylanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is better known under the synonym Sansevieria zeylanica.

Misidentifications

Early in the 20th century, Dracaena trifasciata was incorrectly called Sansevieria zeylanica in the literature. Non-variegated forms of Dracaena trifasciata are still often traded as Sansevieria zeylanica, but the true Dracaena zeylanica is poorly known and uncommon in cultivation.

Dracaena zeylanica is a leafier plant (10-16 leaves per rosette, versus generally 2–4 in Dracaena trifasciata), and its leaves lack a petiole, instead becoming only slightly narrower at the base. In D. trifasciata, leaves become narrower and thickened towards the bottom, forming a concave channel at the base of the leaves.

References

  1. ^ "Dracaena zeylanica (L.) Mabb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. ^ Chahinian, B. Juan (May 2005). The splendid Sansevieria: an account of the species (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: self published. p. 180 pp. ISBN 987-43-9250-9.
  3. Newton, L.E. (2020). "Sansevieria RUSCACEAE". In Eggli, Urs; Nyffeler, R. (eds.). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons (2nd ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag GmbH. pp. 1353–1385.
  4. Henley, R.W.; Chase, A.R.; Osborne, L.S. "Sansevieria Production Guide (CFREC-A Foliage Plant Note RH-91-30)". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Dracaena zeylanica
Sansevieria zeylanica
Aloe hyacinthoides var. zeylanica


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