Sansevieria kirkii Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1887: 3 (1887)
This name is a synonym of Dracaena pethera

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. [Cited as Sansevieria kirkii.]
  • Mwachala, G. & Mbugua, P.K. (2007). Dracaenaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-43. [Cited as Sansevieria kirkii.]
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Sansevieria kirkii.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Bot. Mag. 120, t. 7357, l.c.
  • Baker in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1887: 3, 8, fig. 3 (1887)
  • Baker in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1893: 186 (1893)
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 334 (1898)
  • De Wildem., Not. Pl. Utiles Congo: 622, 624, 625, fig. 7 and pp. 632, 635
  • Gérôme & Labroy in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 1903: 170, 173, fig. 7 (1903)
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 22 (1949)
  • L.E. Newton in Ill. Handbook Succ. Plants 1: 267 (2001).
  • N.E. Brown in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1915: 254, fig. 23 (1915)
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 440 (1949)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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