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Accession Data:

Dracaena masoniana (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.

  • sect. Sansevieria subsect. Sansevieria

  • Common Name: Snake Plant
  • Family: Asparagaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Sansevieria masoniana Chahin.

  • Country of Origin: DR Congo

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200110
  • Source: Alan Wachtel
  • Accession Date: 04-30-1992
  • Bench: 1104 - AFR:North Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-29-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • SubFamily: Nolinoideae
  • Tribe: Dracaeneae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Zaire

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 10 February 2014.
  2. African Plant Database, Accessed 10 February 2014.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 December, 2019.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
  5. Getting to Know Sansevieria at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Monday, 20 January, 2020.

data regenerated on Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:21:21 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Agavoideae
Tribe Agaveae

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  • Agave americana 'Marginata'
  • Agave attenuata
  • Agave cf parryi
  • Agave cf stricta
  • Agave cf. titanota
  • Agave guiengola W/C
  • Agave murpheyi
  • Agave nizandensis
  • Agave parrasana
  • Agave parryi
  • Agave polianthiflora
  • Agave schidigera
  • Agave sisalana
  • Agave tequilana
  • Agave victoriae-reginae
  • Agave victoriae-reginae
  • Beschorneria septentrionalis
  • Furcraea foetida
  • Hosta sieboldiana
  • Hosta tsushimensis W/C
  • Manfreda maculosa
  • Polianthes tuberosa
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Subfamily Agavoideae
Tribe Anemarrheneae

  • Anemarrhena asphodeloides

Subfamily Agavoideae
Tribe Anthericeae

  • Chlorophytum comosum
  • Chlorophytum comosum cv.
  • Chlorophytum saundersiae

Subfamily Asparagoideae

  • Asparagus africanus
  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii'

Subfamily Lomandroideae
Tribe Arthropodium group

  • Arthropodium candidum
  • Eustrephus latifolius

Subfamily Lomandroideae
Tribe Cordylineae

  • Cordyline fruticosa

Subfamily Lomandroideae
Tribe Lomandreae

  • Lomandra longifolia

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Convallarieae

  • Aspidistra elatior
  • Aspidistra grandiflora W/C
  • Aspidistra tonkinensis W/C
  • Reineckea carnea
  • Tupistra kressii W/C
  • Tupistra urceolata W/C

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Dracaeneae

  • Dracaena aethiopica
  • Dracaena angolensis
  • Dracaena angolensis
  • Dracaena aubryana
  • Dracaena draco
  • Dracaena masoniana
  • Dracaena parva
  • Dracaena pethera var. pulchra
  • Dracaena reflexa
  • Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia
  • Dracaena singularis
  • Dracaena spathulata W/C
  • Dracaena spathulata W/C
  • Dracaena trifasciata
  • Dracaena trifasciata

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Eriospermeae

  • Eriospermum cf. dregei
  • Eriospermum cooperi W/C
  • Eriospermum corymbosum W/C
  • Eriospermum paradoxum

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Nolineae

  • Beaucarnea recurvata
  • Calibanus hookeri
  • Dasylirion longissimum

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Ophiopogoneae

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  • Ophiopogon jaburan Argenteo-marginatus
  • Ophiopogon japonicus
  • Peliosanthes macrostegia W/C

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Rusceae

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  • Ruscus hypoglossum
  • Semele androgyna

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Hyacintheae

  • Camassia quamash
  • Hyacinthinae: Leopoldia longipes
  • Hyacinthinae: Scilla peruviana
  • Massoniinae: Drimiopsis botryoides
  • Massoniinae: Drimiopsis maculata
  • Massoniinae: Eucomis bicolor
  • Massoniinae: Eucomis vandermerwei W/C
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia aloides
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia bulbifera
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia cf. longituba W/C
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia ensifolia
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia rubida
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia unifolia W/C
  • Massoniinae: Lachenalia viridiflora
  • Massoniinae: Ledebouria socialis
  • Massoniinae: Massonia depressa W/C
  • Massoniinae: Massonia pygmaea
  • Massoniinae: Veltheimia bracteata

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Ornithogaleae

  • Albuca bracteata W/C
  • Albuca bracteata
  • Albuca concordiana W/C
  • Albuca setosa W/C
  • Albuca spiralis W/C
  • Albuca tortuosa
  • Albuca virens W/C
  • Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum
  • Albuca concordiana W/C
  • Ornithogalum graminifolium W/C
  • Ornithogalum hispidulum W/C
  • Ornithogalum sardienii W/C
  • Ornithogalum thyrsoides

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Urgineeae

  • Bowiea volubilis
  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis
  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis
  • Drimia haworthioides
  • Drimia intricata
  • Drimia platyphylla W/C
  • Drimia sp. W/C
  • Drimia uniflora W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
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