SANSEVIERIAS
Sansevieria is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, native to Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. Common names include mother-in-law’s tongue, devil’s tongue, jinn’s tongue, bow string hemp, snake plant and snake tongue. It is often included in the genus Dracaena; in the APG III classification system. Species range from succulent desert plants such as Sansevieria pinguicula to thinner leafed tropical plants such as Sansevieria trifasciata. Plants often form dense clumps from a spreading rhizome or stolons.
- Family: Asparagaceae
- Subfamily: Nolinoideae
- Genus: Sansevieria
