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Main Authors: Burkart, Michael, Kavula, Kened Alfred, Constantine, Immaculate Kileo, Mollel, Neduvoto Piniel, Piniely, Luciana Naftal, Sikawa, Robert Augustino, Yinger, Barry R.
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author Burkart, Michael
Kavula, Kened Alfred
Constantine, Immaculate Kileo
Mollel, Neduvoto Piniel
Piniely, Luciana Naftal
Sikawa, Robert Augustino
Yinger, Barry R.
author_facet Burkart, Michael
Kavula, Kened Alfred
Constantine, Immaculate Kileo
Mollel, Neduvoto Piniel
Piniely, Luciana Naftal
Sikawa, Robert Augustino
Yinger, Barry R.
contents <p><b>Table 3</b> (continued on next page). Comparison of <i>Sansevieria sumbawangana</i> M.Burkart, Constantine, Sikawa & Yinger sp. nov., <i>S. rukwana</i> M.Burkart, Piniely, Sikawa & Yinger sp. nov. and <i>S. muhaensis</i> M.Burkart, Yinger, Sikawa & Mollel sp. nov. with similar species of the subgenus <i>Capitulatus</i> Mbugua ex L.E.Newton & R.H.Webb. The traits of the species compared are taken from Newton (2020) if not stated otherwise: † = from TSF; ‡ = from Brown (1915); § = from the protologue (Webb & Newton 2018); | = from POTSD. ¶ = style length including ovary.</p><table><thead><tr><th></th><th>S. sinus-simiorum</th><th>S. bhitalae</th><th>S. kirkii</th><th>S. sumbawangana sp. nov.</th><th>S. rukwana sp. nov.</th><th><b><i>S. muhaensis</i> sp. nov.</b></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><b>leaves per shoot</b></th><td>8–10 (?)</td><td>1(2–3)</td><td>1–3 / 2–88</td><td>2–5</td><td>2–3</td><td>3–6</td></tr><tr><th><b>rhizome diameter [mm]</b></th><td>50</td><td>50§</td><td>20–42|</td><td>70</td><td>30</td><td>36–46</td></tr><tr><th><b>inner colour of rhizome cortex</b></th><td></td><td>ochre‡‡</td><td>dark brown|</td><td>brownish orange</td><td>dark reddish orange</td><td>deep red</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf posture</b></th><td>erect to slightly recurved</td><td>erect</td><td>ascending-spreading to recurved‡</td><td>upright to spreading</td><td>spreading to almost horizontal</td><td>spreading</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf length [mm]</b></th><td>to 1000</td><td>750 (400–900); 1000– 2000††</td><td>750–2750</td><td>1000</td><td>810</td><td>900</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf width [mm]</b></th><td>60</td><td>50–70</td><td>60–90(to 120|)</td><td>210</td><td>110</td><td>85</td></tr><tr><th><b>max</b>. <b>lamina thickness in central</b> <b>part of leaf [mm]</b></th><td>50</td><td>(massive)</td><td>8–14‡</td><td>20</td><td>6</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><th><b>pseudo-petiole</b></th><td>missing</td><td>missing|</td><td>existing‡</td><td>missing</td><td>missing</td><td>missing</td></tr><tr><th><b>lamina transect</b></th><td>massively u-shaped</td><td>massively u-shaped|</td><td>concave or flattish‡</td><td>openly u-shaped to almost flat</td><td>flat but u-shaped</td><td>openly u-shaped, thickened</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf margin</b></th><td>rather straight</td><td>rather straight|</td><td>very wavy‡</td><td>somewhat wavy</td><td>sinuate</td><td>undulate</td></tr><tr><th><b>median ridge on leaf abaxial side</b></th><td>(massive)</td><td>(massive)</td><td>strong|</td><td>missing</td><td>missing</td><td>existing</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf colour pattern</b></th><td>inconspicuous to present</td><td>yellow-green mottling from prominent to very faint</td><td>mottled or transversely banded</td><td>almost missing</td><td>adaxial cloudy, abaxial transverse bands</td><td>cloudy blotches and transverse bands</td></tr><tr><th><b>state of flowering shoot</b></th><td></td><td>often lateral, bearing only cataphylls and bracts†</td><td>fully-leaved</td><td>fully-leaved</td><td>fully-leaved</td><td>fully-leaved</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle length (base to lowermost</b> <b>pedicel) [mm]</b></th><td>290</td><td>ca 300</td><td>to ca 500</td><td>300</td><td>163</td><td>290</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle diameter [mm]</b></th><td>15</td><td>15</td><td>13‡/15|</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle bracts</b></th><td>6</td><td>“3 pairs”§</td><td>5–6‡</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle bracts length [mm]</b></th><td>32–35</td><td>30/60 (“Superclone”)§</td><td>50–77‡</td><td>to 78</td><td>46–114</td><td>to 116</td></tr><tr><th><b>flowers per partial inflorescence</b></th><td></td><td>2–3/4–6 (“Superclone ”)§</td><td>2–4‡</td><td>2–3</td><td>2–3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><th><b>length of bract of partial infl</b>. <b>[mm]</b></th><td>4–8</td><td>to 16/to 30 (“Superclone”)§</td><td>25–38</td><td>25–30</td><td>17–23</td><td>33–42</td></tr><tr><th><b>width of bract of partial infl</b>. <b>[mm]</b></th><td>2–4</td><td>to 5</td><td>8.5–19</td><td>7–14</td><td>7–12</td><td>5–9</td></tr><tr><th><b>shape of bract of partial infl</b>.</th><td></td><td>broadly ovate</td><td>ovate or oblong-ovate, acute or subobtuse</td><td>lanceolate-elliptic</td><td>lanceolateelliptic</td><td>lanceolate, rather shortly tapering to a short sharp point</td></tr><tr><th><b>pedicel length [mm]</b></th><td>6 (to 16?)</td><td></td><td>6.4–10.5</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><th><b>corolla outside colour</b></th><td>white tinged with green</td><td>tube white to lilac with purple blush, lobes white with a pink stripe§</td><td>tube pale, purplish or dull pink, lobes white tinged with green‡</td><td>yellow green</td><td>greenish white</td><td>greyish, greenish tip</td></tr><tr><th><b>length flower tube [mm]</b></th><td>82–97</td><td>75</td><td>114–127(to 137|)</td><td>90</td><td>100</td><td>117</td></tr><tr><th><b>length flower lobes [mm]</b></th><td>19–21</td><td>28</td><td>32–45</td><td>32</td><td>33</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th><b>style length above ovary [mm]</b></th><td>126¶</td><td>100</td><td>162|</td><td>115</td><td>123</td><td>155</td></tr></tbody></table>
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spellingShingle Table 3 in Sansevieria bangalalana sp. nov. (Asparagales, Asparagaceae), close to extinction in the wild, and five other narrowly endemic and threatened species of Sansevieria from Tanzania previously unknown to science
Burkart, Michael
Kavula, Kened Alfred
Constantine, Immaculate Kileo
Mollel, Neduvoto Piniel
Piniely, Luciana Naftal
Sikawa, Robert Augustino
Yinger, Barry R.
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
<p><b>Table 3</b> (continued on next page). Comparison of <i>Sansevieria sumbawangana</i> M.Burkart, Constantine, Sikawa & Yinger sp. nov., <i>S. rukwana</i> M.Burkart, Piniely, Sikawa & Yinger sp. nov. and <i>S. muhaensis</i> M.Burkart, Yinger, Sikawa & Mollel sp. nov. with similar species of the subgenus <i>Capitulatus</i> Mbugua ex L.E.Newton & R.H.Webb. The traits of the species compared are taken from Newton (2020) if not stated otherwise: † = from TSF; ‡ = from Brown (1915); § = from the protologue (Webb & Newton 2018); | = from POTSD. ¶ = style length including ovary.</p><table><thead><tr><th></th><th>S. sinus-simiorum</th><th>S. bhitalae</th><th>S. kirkii</th><th>S. sumbawangana sp. nov.</th><th>S. rukwana sp. nov.</th><th><b><i>S. muhaensis</i> sp. nov.</b></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><b>leaves per shoot</b></th><td>8–10 (?)</td><td>1(2–3)</td><td>1–3 / 2–88</td><td>2–5</td><td>2–3</td><td>3–6</td></tr><tr><th><b>rhizome diameter [mm]</b></th><td>50</td><td>50§</td><td>20–42|</td><td>70</td><td>30</td><td>36–46</td></tr><tr><th><b>inner colour of rhizome cortex</b></th><td></td><td>ochre‡‡</td><td>dark brown|</td><td>brownish orange</td><td>dark reddish orange</td><td>deep red</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf posture</b></th><td>erect to slightly recurved</td><td>erect</td><td>ascending-spreading to recurved‡</td><td>upright to spreading</td><td>spreading to almost horizontal</td><td>spreading</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf length [mm]</b></th><td>to 1000</td><td>750 (400–900); 1000– 2000††</td><td>750–2750</td><td>1000</td><td>810</td><td>900</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf width [mm]</b></th><td>60</td><td>50–70</td><td>60–90(to 120|)</td><td>210</td><td>110</td><td>85</td></tr><tr><th><b>max</b>. <b>lamina thickness in central</b> <b>part of leaf [mm]</b></th><td>50</td><td>(massive)</td><td>8–14‡</td><td>20</td><td>6</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><th><b>pseudo-petiole</b></th><td>missing</td><td>missing|</td><td>existing‡</td><td>missing</td><td>missing</td><td>missing</td></tr><tr><th><b>lamina transect</b></th><td>massively u-shaped</td><td>massively u-shaped|</td><td>concave or flattish‡</td><td>openly u-shaped to almost flat</td><td>flat but u-shaped</td><td>openly u-shaped, thickened</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf margin</b></th><td>rather straight</td><td>rather straight|</td><td>very wavy‡</td><td>somewhat wavy</td><td>sinuate</td><td>undulate</td></tr><tr><th><b>median ridge on leaf abaxial side</b></th><td>(massive)</td><td>(massive)</td><td>strong|</td><td>missing</td><td>missing</td><td>existing</td></tr><tr><th><b>leaf colour pattern</b></th><td>inconspicuous to present</td><td>yellow-green mottling from prominent to very faint</td><td>mottled or transversely banded</td><td>almost missing</td><td>adaxial cloudy, abaxial transverse bands</td><td>cloudy blotches and transverse bands</td></tr><tr><th><b>state of flowering shoot</b></th><td></td><td>often lateral, bearing only cataphylls and bracts†</td><td>fully-leaved</td><td>fully-leaved</td><td>fully-leaved</td><td>fully-leaved</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle length (base to lowermost</b> <b>pedicel) [mm]</b></th><td>290</td><td>ca 300</td><td>to ca 500</td><td>300</td><td>163</td><td>290</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle diameter [mm]</b></th><td>15</td><td>15</td><td>13‡/15|</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle bracts</b></th><td>6</td><td>“3 pairs”§</td><td>5–6‡</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><th><b>peduncle bracts length [mm]</b></th><td>32–35</td><td>30/60 (“Superclone”)§</td><td>50–77‡</td><td>to 78</td><td>46–114</td><td>to 116</td></tr><tr><th><b>flowers per partial inflorescence</b></th><td></td><td>2–3/4–6 (“Superclone ”)§</td><td>2–4‡</td><td>2–3</td><td>2–3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><th><b>length of bract of partial infl</b>. <b>[mm]</b></th><td>4–8</td><td>to 16/to 30 (“Superclone”)§</td><td>25–38</td><td>25–30</td><td>17–23</td><td>33–42</td></tr><tr><th><b>width of bract of partial infl</b>. <b>[mm]</b></th><td>2–4</td><td>to 5</td><td>8.5–19</td><td>7–14</td><td>7–12</td><td>5–9</td></tr><tr><th><b>shape of bract of partial infl</b>.</th><td></td><td>broadly ovate</td><td>ovate or oblong-ovate, acute or subobtuse</td><td>lanceolate-elliptic</td><td>lanceolateelliptic</td><td>lanceolate, rather shortly tapering to a short sharp point</td></tr><tr><th><b>pedicel length [mm]</b></th><td>6 (to 16?)</td><td></td><td>6.4–10.5</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><th><b>corolla outside colour</b></th><td>white tinged with green</td><td>tube white to lilac with purple blush, lobes white with a pink stripe§</td><td>tube pale, purplish or dull pink, lobes white tinged with green‡</td><td>yellow green</td><td>greenish white</td><td>greyish, greenish tip</td></tr><tr><th><b>length flower tube [mm]</b></th><td>82–97</td><td>75</td><td>114–127(to 137|)</td><td>90</td><td>100</td><td>117</td></tr><tr><th><b>length flower lobes [mm]</b></th><td>19–21</td><td>28</td><td>32–45</td><td>32</td><td>33</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th><b>style length above ovary [mm]</b></th><td>126¶</td><td>100</td><td>162|</td><td>115</td><td>123</td><td>155</td></tr></tbody></table>
title Table 3 in Sansevieria bangalalana sp. nov. (Asparagales, Asparagaceae), close to extinction in the wild, and five other narrowly endemic and threatened species of Sansevieria from Tanzania previously unknown to science
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17723877