Dracaena fragrans

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[edit] Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales
Familia: Ruscaceae
Genus: Dracaena
Species: Dracaena fragrans

[edit] Name

Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1081. 1808.

[edit] Basionym

Aletris fragrans L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 456. 1762 (September)

[edit] Synonyms

• Aloe fragrantissima Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob. App. 399. 1762. (May)
• Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch., Fl. des Serres Ser. I, vi. (1850-51) 111, 136.
• Dracaena butayei De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 1[1]: 16. 1903.
• Dracaena deisteliana Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96.
• Dracaena deremensis Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 95
• Dracaena fragrantissima (Jacq.) Gard. Chron. 413. 1864. nom. inval.?
• Dracaena lindenii Hort. Linden ex Andre, Ill. Hort. vol. 27, t. 384. 1880.
• Dracaena linderi Hort. sphalm.
• Dracaena massangeana E.Morr., Belg. Hortic. 31. 327. 1881.
• Dracaena rothiana Carr., Rev. Hort. 68. 1877.
• Dracaena smithii Baker ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. vol. 31, t. 6169. 1875.
• Dracaena steudneri var. kilimandscharica Engl.
• Dracaena ugandensis Baker, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7(3): 445. 1898.
• Draco fragrans (L.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. vol. 2, 710. 1891.
• Pleomele deremensis (Engl.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 278. 1914.
• Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 245. 1796.
• Pleomele ugandensis (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 279. 1914.
• Sansevieria fragrans (L.) Jacq., Fragm. bot., t. 2, f. 6, t. 33, f. 1. 1809.

[edit] Note

Aloe fragrantissima Jacq. is a few months older than Aletris fragrans L. and has priority. However, the publication of Dracaena fragratissima in Gardens Chronicle might not be valid. A conservation of Aletris fragrans could be desirabe.

[edit] Vernacular names

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