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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sansevieria
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sansevieria
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Curacao Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Liberia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Namibia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Oman Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Reunion Species List, Russia Species List, Senegal Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Uganda Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia IS, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Sansevieria Thumb.
Genus recognized by GBIF data coverage
Sansevieria sect. Sansevieria
Sansevieria subsect. Sansevieria

Alternative Names

Sansevieria angolensis Welw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria arborescens
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sansevieria arborescens Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy)
Sansevieria arborescens
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria arborescens Cornu
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria aubrytiana Gérôme & Labroy
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria bacularis Pfennig
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria carnea Raf.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria chinensis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria chinensis
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook.)
Sansevieria ehrenbergii De Wild.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria ehrenbergii Schweinf.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria elliptica Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria fasciata Cornu
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria flavescens Maury
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria forskaliana Forssk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sansevieria forskaliana (Schult.f.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood)
Sansevieria hahnii
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria hyacinthoides Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce)
Sansevieria lasciata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria lasciata
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria liberica
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria liberiensis Cornu
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria liberiensis Cornu ex A. Chev.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria massae Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria metallica
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria paniculata Schinz
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria polyrchitis Guidotti
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria striata Don
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria striata Don ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria sturki
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria sturki
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria sulcata Bojer
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria sulcata Bojer ex D. Morris
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria venosa Don
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria venosa Don ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria wanguia Mbugua
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria zebrina
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria zebrina
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria zeylanica Roxb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sansevieria Thunb. 1794
Authority according to NCBI

Common Names

English

bow string hemp preferred
Recognized by admin
devil's tongue
Recognized by admin
jinn's tongue
Recognized by admin
Mother-in-law's tongue
Recognized by admin
Snake Plant
Recognized by admin
sansevieria
Recognized by USDA PLANTS images

Arabic

ذلب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

սանսեվյերա preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Sansevièria preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

虎尾兰 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
虎尾兰属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

sanseviera preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Anopinkielet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Σανσεβιέρια preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

fácánlevél preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

サンセベリア属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
サンセベリア preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kannada

ಮಂಜಿನನಾರು preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Үй қоянқұлағы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kinyarwanda

Rubamba preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

산세비에리아 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Sansevjēras preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Schwéiermammszongen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Pokok Lidah Jin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

സർപ്പപ്പോള preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Bajonettplanter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

سانسوریا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Сансевиерия preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Mkonge preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Bajonettliljesläktet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

สกุลลิ้นมังกร preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ذلب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nrm

Langue à la belle-méthe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

虎尾兰属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

虎尾兰属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

虎尾蘭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

虎尾蘭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

虎尾蘭屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Sansevieria

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Sansevieria (this page)
19 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Sansevieria (this page)
19 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Sansevieria Thunb. (this page)
38 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
Liliopsida
Petrosaviidae
Asparagales

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Lilianae
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Nolinoideae
Sansevieria
20 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Lilianae
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Nolinoideae
Sansevieria (this page)