Table 1 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

Table 1. Comparison of Sansevieria chlorantha M.Burkart, Kavula, Sikawa & Yinger sp. nov. with similar species of the subgenus Sansevieria. The traits of the species compared are taken from the protologues (Brown 1915; Newton 2015; Webb & Newton 2018), either directly or in a few cases from the pictures within. S. raffilliiS. rugosifoliaS. lunatifoliaS. enchiridiofoliaS. chlorantha sp. nov.leaves per shoot1–22 (1–4)2–31 (2)6rhizome diameter [mm]to 50to 2030to 3035–50leaf length [mm]600–1050400 (350–500)850–1300650 (550–1000)1000leaf width [mm]50–13090 (70–110)40–6565 (60–90)to 62lamina transectopenly u-shapedopenly u-shapedu-shapedu-shaped to foldedu-shaped to somewhat v-shapedmax. lamina thickness in central part of leaf [mm](rather thin)<3201542texture of leaf upper/adaxial sidesmoothrough to very roughroughslightly to very roughslightly roughtexture of leaf under/abaxial sidesmoothvery roughroughslightly to very roughclearly but finely roughleaf colour relationshiplighter colour prevailinglighter colour prevailingdark colour prevailing50: 50 or dark colour slightly prevailingdark colour prevailing adaxial, 50: 50 abaxialinflorescence length [mm]900–12005501100800to 1350peduncle diameter [mm]13–1720to 25 at base2014peduncle bracts length [mm]51–14180to 130to 175flowers per partial inflorescenceto 55to 756 (to 7)flower odourstrong sweet scentstrongly sweetstrong sweet scentfresh grasspedicel basal part length [mm]2.5–44–56–9pedicel upper part length [mm]1.3–213corolla outside colourgreenish white, slightly glaucoustube yellowish-white, lobes whitegreen to whitewhitelight greenlength flower tube [mm]26–293518–232725length flower lobes [mm]29–3020252318filaments colourtranslucentwhitetranslucentgreenishfilament length [mm]152716style colourwhitewhitewhite to greenishstyle exsertion [mm]303731style length above ovary [mm]45457054