There is a species called Sansevieria cylindrica. A kind of BOW STRING HEMP. Because Bow string was used to be made of Sansevieria fibres. It now belongs to Ruscaceae family. Regards Pankaj
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:40 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > Earlier relevant feedback: > “It is Sansevieria roxburghii > Regards > L.Rasingam” > > “Should it be S. roxburghii or S. roxburghiana? Kindly give some > differentiating characters from similar looking S. cylindrica. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > “I was also thinking od Sansevieria cylindrica Boj. which is commonly known > as Mahadevjata but does this plant has the wing like stucture comming your > from semi-cylindrical leaves. > S cylindrica has completely terate leaves !! > We had this plant in our college!! > tanay” > > "Thanks Tanay > You are right, leaf edges are visible here. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh" > > "This leaf is almost terete." from Muthu ji. > > "The correct spelling of the plant is Sansevieria roxburghiana Schult.f. > S. roxburghiana is native to India and very commonly distributed in the > rocky areas of deciduous forests. > Regards > L.Rasingam" > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 21 July 2010 17:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:41914] Sansevieria trifasciata > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > Please validate this herb with spine tipped. > Is this Sansevieria trifasciata Hort. ex Prain of Dracaenaceae? > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > Chennai - 61 > www.careearthtrust.org > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 > members & 50,000 messages on 10/10/10 & with a database of around 4100 > species on 31/8/10) > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
