Dracaena ovata

Dracaena ovata

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 ovata

Name

Dracaena ovata Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1180. (1809)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cordyline ovata (Ker Gawl.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 111. (1850).
  • Draco ovata (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Aletris pumila Donn, Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 2: 42. (1800), nom. illeg.
  • Dracaena afzelii Baker, J. Bot. 12: 167. (1874).
  • Draco afzelii (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Dracaena prolata C.H.Wright, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 115. (1905)
  • Dracaena sessiliflora C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 338. (1914)
  • Pleomele afzelii (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277. (1914)
  • Pleomele prolata (C.H.Wright) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279. (1914) rd. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 6. (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Sierra Leone Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gulf of Guinea Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Ker Gawler, J.B. 1809. Botanical Magazine 29: t. 1180.[1]
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena ovata. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.
• Bos, J.J. 1984, Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 84-1: 1-126.:[2]
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena ovata 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 ovata. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2019.

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