Dracaena elliptica

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 elliptica

Name

Dracaena elliptica Thunb. & Dalm., Dracaena: 6. (1808)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Draco elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Pleomele elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278. (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Sansevieria javanica Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae: 11 (1827).
  • Dracaena terniflora Wall., Numer. List: n.º 5147 A (1831), nom. nud.
  • Dracaena atropurpurea Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 160 (1832).
  • Dracaena maculata Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 157 (1832).
  • Calodracon sieboldii Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 137 (1850).
  • Cordyline atropurpurea (Roxb.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 132 (1850).
  • Cordyline maculata (Roxb.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 132 (1850).
  • Cordyline sieboldii Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 109 (1850).
  • Cordyline sieboldii var. maculata Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: t. 569 (1850).
  • Dracaena javanica (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 12 (1850).
  • Dracaena sieboldii Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 109 (1851), pro syn.
  • Dracaena elliptica var. maculata (Roxb.) Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4787 (1854).
  • Dracaena elliptica maculata (Roxb.) John Edwards, Natl. Gard. Almanack 1855: 314 (1855).
  • Dracaena javanica var. maculata (Planch.) K.Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 26: 253 (1858).
  • Dracaena nigra var. maculata (Planch.) Regel, Gartenflora 20: 143 (1871).
  • Dracaena elliptica var. gracilis Baker, J. Bot. 11: 264 (1873).
  • Dracaena atropurpurea var. gracilis (Baker) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 534 (1875).
  • Dracaena atropurpurea var. kurzii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 533 (1875).
  • Dracaena venosa W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1883: 13 (1883).
  • Draco atropurpurea (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891).
  • Dracaena gracilis (Baker) Wall. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 330 (1892), nom. illeg.
  • Pleomele atropurpurea (Roxb.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914).
  • Pleomele gracilis (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central; China Southeast Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam; Bangladesh Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is.; Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam Regional: Malesia Borneo; Jawa; Malaya; Sumatera References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Thunberg, C.P. & ,Dalman, L.R.N.1808, Dissertatio botanica de Dracaena 6. [1]
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena elliptica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena elliptica. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena elliptica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2019.

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