Dracaena (Asparagaceae)
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Taxonavigation: Asparagales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Dracaeneae
Genus: Dracaena
Overview of species[edit]
D. acaulis – D. acutissima – D. adamii – D. afromontana – D. aletriformis – D. americana – D. angustifolia – D. arborea – D. aubryana – D. aurea – D. bicolor – D. borneensis – D. brachyphylla – D. braunii – D. breviflora – D. bueana – D. bushii – D. calocephala – D. cambodiana – D. camerooniana – D. cantleyi – D. cerasifera – D. chiniana – D. cincta – D. cinnabari – D. cochinchinensis – D. concinna – D. conferta – D. congoensis – D. cristula – D. cubensis – D. curtisii – D. cuspidata – D. draco – D. ellenbeckiana – D. elliptica – D. fernaldii – D. finlaysonii – D. floribunda – D. fontanesiana – D. forbesii – D. fragrans – D. glomerata – D. goldieana – D. granulata – D. griffithii – D. haemanthoides – D. halapepe – D. halemanuensis – D. hewittii – D. hokouensis – D. hosei – D. impressivenia – D. jayniana – D. kaweesakii – D. kirkii – D. konaensis – D. kupensis – D. lancea – D. lancifolia – D. laxissima – D. longifolia – D. maingayi – D. mannii – D. marina – D. mokoko – D. multiflora – D. nitens – D. novoguineensis – D. nyangensis – D. ombet – D. ovata – D. pachyphylla – D. parviflora – D. penangensis – D. pendula – D. perrottetii – D. petiolata – D. phanerophlebia – D. phrynioides – D. porteri – D. praetermissa – D. purpurea – D. reflexa – D. rockii – D. rosulata – D. sanderiana – D. sarawakensis – D. scabra – D. serrulata – D. siamica – D. singapurensis – D. spicata – D. steudneri – D. surculosa – D. tamaranae – D. terniflora – D. tholloniana – D. thwaitesii – D. timorensis – D. trachystachys – D. transvaalensis – D. umbraculifera – D. umbratica – D. usambarensis – D. viridiflora – D. wakaensis – D. waltersiae – D. xiphophylla – D. yuccifolia
Name[edit]
Dracaena L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 229, 246 (1767). Often cited with the authorship "Vand. ex L." but Vandelli called the Dragontree Draco and put Dracaena in synonymy (Tropicos, 2015)
- Lectotype species: Dracaena draco (L.) L. (designated by Rafinesque, Fl. Tell. 4: 17 (1838) ('1836'))
Synonyms[edit]
- Homotypic
- Draco Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 13 (1768), nom. illeg.
- Drakaina Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 17. (1838), orth. var.
- Heterotypic
- Oedera Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor., 30. (1768)
- Type species: Oedera dragonalis Crantz
- Stoerkia Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor. 25. (1768)
- Type species: Stoerkia draco (L.) Crantz
- Terminalis Medik., Theodora: 83. (1786)
- Type species: Terminalis angustifolia Medik.
- Pleomele Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton, 245. (1796)
- Type species: Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb.
- Nemampsis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 16. (1838)
- Type species: Nemampsis ternifolia Raf.
- Ezehlsia Lour. ex B.A.Gomes, Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 29. (1868)
- Type species: Ezehlsia palma Lour. ex Gomes
- Stoerkea Baker, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 14: 523. (1875), isonym
- Chrysodracon P.L.Lu & Morden, Syst. Bot. 39: 101 (2014)
- Oedera Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor., 30. (1768)
Note: The proposed segregation of the Pleomele from Hawaii, as Chrysodracon (Lu & Morden, 2014) is not accepted by Govaerts et al. (2018) and so the above circumscription is a taxonomic opinion of Draceana s.l. excluding Sansevieria on morphological grounds until consensus is reached here and in the wider botanic community.
Distribution[edit]
Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References[edit]
- Linnaeus, C. 1767. Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 229, 246.
- Bos, J.J. 1984. Dracaena in West Africa. Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 84(1): 1–126. PDF
- Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-9-1 PDF Reference page.
- Damen, T.H.J., Van der Burg, W.J, Wiland-Szymańska, J. & Sosef, M.S.M. 2018. Taxonomic novelties in African Dracaena (Dracaenaceae). Blumea 63(1): 31–53. DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2018.63.01.05
. Reference page.
- Jankalski, S. 2008. Subgenera and new combinations in Dracaena. Sansevieria 18: 17–21.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Dracaena in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 27. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2015. Dracaena. Published online. Accessed Sept. 27 2015.
- Lu, P.L. & Morden, C.W. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships among Dracenoid genera (Asparagaceae: Nolinoideae) inferred from chloroplast DNA loci. Systematic Botany 39: 90–104. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678035 PDF from Research Gate Reference page.
- Takawira-Nyenya, R., Mucina, L, Cardinal-McTeague, W.M. & Thiele, K.R. 2018. Sansevieria (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae) is a herbaceous clade within Dracaena: inference from non-coding plastid and nuclear DNA sequence data. Phytotaxa 376(6): 254–276. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.376.6.2 Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2015. Dracaena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 27.
- Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Dracaena in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Mar 22.
Vernacular names[edit]
العربية: أيدع
azərbaycanca: Drasena
български: Драцена
català: Drago
čeština: Dračinec
Deutsch: Drachenbäume
English: Dragon trees
Esperanto: Draceno
eesti: Draakonipuu
فارسی: درخت اژدها
suomi: Traakkipuut eli lohikäärmepuut
Gaeilge: Draganchrann
hrvatski: Zmajevac
hornjoserbsce: Płon
magyar: Sárkányfa
հայերեն: Վիշապածառ
Bahasa Indonesia: Suji
日本語: ドラセナ属
Jawa: Suji
ქართული: დრაცენა
қазақша: Айдаһар ағашы
한국어: 드라카이나속
lietuvių: Dracena
latviešu: Dracēnas
Nederlands: Drakenboom
norsk: Draketreslekta
polski: Dracena
русский: Драцена
svenska: Dracenasläktet
українська: Драцена
Tiếng Việt: Chi Huyết giác
中文: 龙血树
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