Re: [Sansevierias] All change in Dracaena and Sansevieria
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AAAHHH! <<<Faints dead away>>> Michael Interlaken NY Z6 -----Original Message----- From: e-mail newearth [email protected] [Sansevierias] <[email protected]> To: sansevierias <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 2:59 pm Subject: [Sansevierias] All change in Dracaena and Sansevieria All change inDracaena and Sansevieria Dracaena andSansevieria are very closely related. In the past as far back as1984 , studying West African species of Dracaena, observed that thetwo genera are so closely related as to be congeneric. Recentevidence from molecular studies supports this earlier hypothesis. Lu &Morden (2014) included 34 species of Sansevieria in their study andthe resultant evolutionary (phylogenetic) tree shows these are nestedwithin Dracaena, forming a distinct branch(clade) within the tree.Simply put Sansevieria are not distinct from Dracaena and must beconsidered to be pat of an enlarged genus Dracaena This from a biggerarticle of the same name published in “Cactus World” thejournal of the British Cactus and Succulent Society Vol.32 #2 June2014 pgs. 141-2. -- See my photo Albums/sets here. "No One Lives Forever But We All Shine On" Cheers John