Dracaena fragrans

Dracaena fragrans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Dracaeneae
Genus: Dracaena
Species: Dracaena fragrans

Name

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

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aletris fragrans L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 456 (1762)
• Homotypic
  • Aloe fragrantissima Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob.: 309 (1762), nom. superfl.
  • Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 245 (1796).
  • Sansevieria fragrans (L.) Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 29 (1803).
  • Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 111 (1850).
  • Draco fragrans (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena ensifolia var. greigii Regel, Gartenflora 20: 139 (1871).
  • Dracaena smithii Baker ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6169 (1875).
  • Dracaena lindenii Linden ex André, Ill. Hort. 27: 85 (1880).
  • Dracaena fragrans var. massangeana (Rodigas) É.Morren, Belgique Hort. 31: 327 (1881).
  • Dracaena massangeana Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belg. 7: 210 (1881).
  • Dracaena aureolus W.Bull ex Mast., Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 404 (1883).
  • Dracaena fragrans f. wacheana Wacha ex Siebert, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1065 (1895).
  • Dracaena latifolia f. rothiana Siebert, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1064 (1895).
  • Dracaena steudneri var. kilimandscharica Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 143 (1895).
  • Dracaena broomfieldii Sander ex Mast., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 20: 666 (1896).
  • Dracaena ugandensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 445 (1898).
  • Dracaena victoria W.Bull, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 24: 325 (1898).
  • Dracaena janssensii Mast., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 25: 287 (1899).
  • Dracaena albanensis Sander ex Mast., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 27: 206 (1900).
  • Dracaena deisteliana Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96 (1902).
  • Dracaena deremensis Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 95 (1902).
  • Dracaena broomfieldii var. superba Sander ex Mast., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 33: 245 (1903).
  • Dracaena butayei De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 16 (1903).
  • Dracaena fragrans var. victoria (W.Bull) O.F.Cook, Garden (London, 1871-1927) 1903: 78 (1903).
  • Dracaena deremensis var. warneckei Engl., Gartenwelt 1907: 505 (1907).
  • Pleomele deremensis (Engl.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914).
  • Pleomele smithii (Baker ex Hook.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914).
  • Pleomele ugandensis (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast; Nigeria Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon; Central African Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gulf of Guinea Is; Republic of the Congo; Rwanda Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia; South Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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.

References

• Ker Gawler, J.B., 1808. Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1081

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena fragrans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 26. Reference page. 
• Bos, J.J. 1984, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1: 1-126.:[1]
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena fragrans. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 26 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracaena fragrans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 26.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena fragrans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Cornstalk dracaena
suomi: Tuoksutraakkipuu
svenska: Doftdracena
中文: 巴西木

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