Dracaena arborea

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 arborea

Name

Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link, 1821

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Aletris arborea Willd., Enum. Pl.: 381 (1809).
  • Homotypic
    • Cordyline arborea (Willd.) Göpp., Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 55 (1855).
    • Draco arborea (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891).
    • Pleomele arborea (Willd.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914).
  • Heterotypic
    • Dracaena excelsa Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1839: 11 (1839).
    • Dracaena knerkiana K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 4: 394 (1861).
    • Dracaena arborea var. baumannii Engl., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 131: 20 (1924).


Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Togo
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Republic of the Congo

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

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