Sansevieria trifasciata

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q5859273
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Summary

Sansevieria trifasciata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,470 views/month, #1,331 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Dracaena[4]
  • Taxon name: Sansevieria trifasciata[5]
  • Subclass of: perennial plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], fiber[8]
  • Commons category: Dracaena trifasciata[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dracaena trifasciata[10]
  • Commons gallery: Dracaena trifasciata[11]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[12], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33072[14]
  • Short name: S. trifasciata[15]
  • Taxon common name: viper's bowstring hemp[16], 虎尾蘭[17], 虎尾兰[18], 虎尾兰根[19]
  • Uses: CAM photosynthesis[20]
  • Invasive to: Brazil[21]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[22]
  • Taxon author citation: Prain[23]
  • Taxon range: Beijing[24], Fujian[25], Guangdong[26], São Luís[27]

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Identifiers

Sansevieria trifasciata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67710[28]. Sansevieria trifasciata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39534[29]. Sansevieria trifasciata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1082120[30]. Sansevieria trifasciata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2770610[31]. Sansevieria trifasciata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 43014[32].

Why It Matters

Sansevieria trifasciata has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  23. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ~2026-49016-02 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Dracaena
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Dracaena"
  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive to → Brazil
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50157|batch #50157]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Dracaena
    Taxon range → Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong +1
    Instance of → —
    Uses → CAM photosynthesis
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536596105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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