144.0000
Family
Asparagaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 40 (1789), nom. cons., s. l.
ca. 140 genera, ca. 3400 spp. The family is nowadays expanded very much to include all of former Asparagales (from Tecophilaeaceae to Ruscaceae)
Species listed in database: 3509; hybrids: 33
= Agavaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl.: 57, 58 (1829), nom. cons.
= Anemarrhenaceae Conran, M.W.Chase & Rudall; Kew Bull. 52: 995 (1997)
= Anthericaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 27 (1858)
= Aphyllanthaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot.: 421, 1153 (1835), Family
= Aspidistraceae Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 32 (1844)
= Behniaceae Conran, M.W.Chase & Rudall; Kew Bull. 52: 996 (1997)
= Chlorogalaceae Doweld & Reveal; Reveal, Bot. Rev (Lancaster) 71: 53 (2005)
= Convallariaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 53 (1834)
= Dracaenaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 73 (1866), nom. cons.
= Eriospermaceae Orb.; Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 5: 402 (1845)
= Eucomidaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 16 (1866)
= Eustrephaceae Chupov; Bot. Zhurn (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(3): 7 (1994)
= Herreriaceae Kunth; Enum. Pl. 5: 290 (1850)
= Hesperocallidaceae Traub; Pl. Life 28: 131 (1972)
= Hostaceae B.Mathew; Kew Bull. 43: 302 (1988)
= Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 315 (1797), Family
= Lachenaliaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 20 (1866)
= Laxmanniaceae Bubani; Fl. Pyren. 4: 111 (1902), Family
= Lomandraceae Lotsy; Vortr. Bot. Stammesgesch. 3: 761 (1911)
= Nolinaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Nov.]: 226 (1943)
= Ophiopogonaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen., Tab. Diagn. 397, Comm. 308 (1842)
= Ornithogalaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 33 (1866)
= Peliosanthaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 63 (1866)
= Polygonataceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 63 (1866)
= Ruscaceae M.Roem.; Handb. Allg. Bot. 3: 446 (1840), nom. cons.
= Sansevieriaceae Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 12: 779 (1936)
= Scillaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 267, 284 (1818)
= Themidaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl.: 84 (1866), Family
= Tupistraceae Schnizl.; Iconogr. Fam. Regn. Veg. 1: 72 (1846)
= Yuccaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 8 (1858)
144.3301
Genus
Dracaena Vand. ex L.; Mant. Pl.: 9 (1767)
Distribution: tropical Old World (Canary Isl. to Pacific), tropical America (2). Sansevieria is embedded and needed to be included, although this is still resisted by many authors.
Species listed in database: 202
= Acyntha Medik.; Theodora: 76 (1786)
= Chrysodracon P.L.Lu & Morden; Syst. Bot. 39: 101 (2014)
= Draco Crantz; Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 13 (1768), nom. illeg.
= Drakaina Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 17 (1838)
= Nemampsis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 16 (1838)
= Oedera Crantz; Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 30 (1768), nom. illeg.
= Pleomele Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 245 (1796)
= Salmia Cav.; Icon. 3: 24 (1795)
= Sanseverinia Petagna; Inst. Bot. 3: 643 (1787), nom. rej.
= Sansevieria Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 65 (1794), nom. cons.
= Stoerkia Crantz; Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 25 (1768)
= Terminalis Medik.; Theodora: 83 (1786)
Search for: Dracaena (Asparagaceae)
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species :
Dracaena acaulis
Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 1: 252 (1878)
Distribution: Gabon; +D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena rubroaurantiaca De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 228 (1906)
= Pleomele acaulis (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena acutissima
Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 669 (1897)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena laurentii De Wild.; Enum. Pl. Laurent, 42 (1905)
= Dracaena laurentii var. linearifolia De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 6 (1915)
= Pleomele acutissima (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena adamii
Hepper; Kew Bull. 22: 449 (1968)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
22 GHA IVO LBR
species :
Dracaena aethiopica
(Thunb.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 64 (2018)
Distribution: S-Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Free State, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 65 (1794)
= Sansevieria caespitosa Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 228 (1926)
= Sansevieria glauca Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ.: 65 (1812)
= Sansevieria scabrifolia Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 85 (1932)
= Sansevieria thunbergii Mattei; Boll. Stud. Inform. Giard. Colon. Palermo 4: 173 (1918), nomen illeg.
species :
Dracaena afromontana
Mildbr.; Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 62 (1910)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW
species :
Dracaena ajgal
(Benabid & Cuzin) Rivas Mart., Molero Mesa, Marfíl & G.Benítez; Naturalia Cantabricae 8 Esp.(3): 116 (2020)
Distribution: Morocco (Antiatlas, E of Tiznit)
20 MOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal Benabid & Cuzin; Compte R. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3 (Paris), 320(3): 270 (1997)
species :
Dracaena aletriformis
(Haw.) Bos; Fl. S. Afr. 5(3): 3 (1992)
Name: Large-leaved Dragon Tree
Distribution: SE-Kenya; Zanzibar; S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 4: 394 (1861), nom. illeg.
= Dracaena latifolia Regel; Gartenflora (1871) 141
= Dracaena rumphii Regel; Gartenflora (1871) 140, nom. illeg.
= Draco hookeriana Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele hookeriana (Kuntze) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Yucca aletriformis Haw.; Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 5: 415 (1831)
species :
Dracaena angolensis
(Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 64 (2018)
Name: Colmillo de elefante (Cuba), Sansiviera redonda (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Rwanda [I]; Angola; S-Zambia; Zimbabwe; India [I] (Karnataka [I], West Bengal [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Guam [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. Thomas [I]); Trinidad [I]; Isla Margarita [I]
23 rwa 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 40 ban ind 41 mya 62 gum mrs 80 hon nic 81 jam pue trt ven vir
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha cylindrica (Bojer ex Hook.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Cordyline cylindrica (Bojer ex Hook.) Britton; Sci. Surv. Puerto Rico & Virgin Isl. 5: 150 (1923)
= Sansevieria angolensis Welw.; Apont. 543, nomen
= Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook.; Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5093 (1859)
= Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula N.E.Br.; BMI 1915(5): 38 (1915)
= Sansevieria livingstoniae Rendle; J. Bot. 70: 89 (1932)
species :
Dracaena angustifolia
(Medik.) Roxb.; Fl. Ind., ed. 1832 2: 155-156 (1832)
Distribution: Madagascar [I]; Seychelles [I]; China (Hainan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (widespread); Nicobar Isl. (widespread); Myanmar (Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Philippines (throughout); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (N-Northern Territory, NE-Queensland); Tuvalu [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I], Palmerston [I], Manihiki [I], Rakahanga [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); Belize [I]; Trinidad [I]
29 mdg sey 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 tuv 61 coo 62 mrs 80 blz 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline fruticosa Göpp.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 53 (1855), nom. nud.
= Cordyline rumphii Hook.; Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4279 (1847)
= Dracaena angustifolia var. angustior (Ridl.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18: 20 (2008)
= Dracaena angustifolia var. honoriae F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 27: 68 (1911)
= Dracaena australasica (Ridl.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18:20 (2008)
= Dracaena ensiformis Wall. ex Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 675 (1845), nom. nud.
= Dracaena fruticosa (Blume) K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 10: 236 (1867)
= Dracaena fruticosa Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1: 137 (1871), nom. illeg.
= Dracaena linearifolia Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 2: 542 (1877)
= Dracaena menglaensis G.Z.Ye; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 14(1): 30-31, f. 2 (1992)
= Dracaena quitensis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 532 (1875)
= Dracaena rumphii (Hook.) B.S.Williams; Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 193 (1870), nom. superfl.
= Draco angustifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco fruticosa (Blume) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pandanus inermis Blanco; Fl. Filip., ed. 2: 537 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Pleomele angustifolia (Medik.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele angustifolia var. angustior Ridl.; J. Bot. 68: 178 (1930)
= Pleomele australasica Ridl.; J. Bot. 68: 178 (1930)
= Pleomele flexuosa (Blume) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele fruticosa (K.Koch) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele reflexa var. angustifolia (Medik.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 186 (2009), nom. inval.
= Sansevieria flexuosa Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae: 11 (1827)
= Sansevieria fruticosa Blume; Catalogus: 61 (1823), et Enum. Pl. Javae: 11 (1827)
= Terminalis angustifolia Medik.; Theodora, 83 (1786)
species :
Dracaena arborea
(Willd.) Hort.Angl. ex Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. 1: 341 (1821)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Aletris arborea Willd.; Enum. Hort. Berol. 381 (1809)
= Cordyline arborea (Willd.) Göpp.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 55 (1855)
= Dracaena arborea var. baumannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59(131): 20 (1924)
= Dracaena excelsa Ten.; Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1839: 11 (1839)
= Dracaena knerkiana K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 4: 394 (1861)
= Draco arborea (Willd.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele arborea (Willd.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena arborescens
(Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 64 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria arborescens Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 170 (1903)
= Sansevieria zanzibarica Gérôme & Labroy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 172 (1903)
species :
Dracaena ascendens
(L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 64 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria ascendens L.E.Newton; Bradleya 28: 19 (2010)
variant :
var. bhwirei
(R.H.Webb) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 294 (2021)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria ascendens var. bhwirei R.H.Webb; Sansevieria 40: 22 (2019)
species :
Dracaena aubryana
Brongn. ex É.Morren; Belg. Hortic. 10: 348 (1880)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Angola; Zambia
22 IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena humilis Baker; J. Bot. 12: 166 (1874)
= Dracaena monostachya Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 1: 252 (1878)
= Dracaena mooreana Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 1: 540 (1878), non Van Geert
= Dracaena thalioides Jacob-Makoy ex É.Morren; Belg. Hortic. 10: 348 (1860) nom. inval.
= Draco humilis (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco thalioides (Jacob-Makoy ex Regel) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele humilis (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele monostachya (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele thalioides (Jacob-Makoy ex Regel) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena aubrytiana
(Carrière) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 64 (2018)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha bracteata (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Sansevieria aubrytiana Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1861: 449 (1861)
= Sansevieria bracteata Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 253 (1878)
species :
Dracaena bacularis
(Pfennig ex A.Butler & Jankalski) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda
23 RWA ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria bacularis Pfennig ex A.Butler & Jankalski; Sansevieria 22: 3 (2010)
species :
Dracaena bagamoyensis
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria bagamoyensis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 306 (1913)
species :
Dracaena ballyi
(L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria ballyi L.E.Newton; Brit. Cactus Succ. J. 22: 11 (2004)
= Sansevieria ballyi var. robertsoniae L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 33: 11, figs. (2015)
species :
Dracaena bhitalae
(Webb & Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria bhitalae Webb & Newton; Sansevieria 37: 12 (2018)
species :
Dracaena bicolor
Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 5248 (1861)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena cylindrica Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 96: t. 5846 (1870)
= Dracaena densifolia Baker; J. Bot. 12: 165 (1874)
= Dracaena preussii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 477 (1892)
= Draco bicolor (Hook.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco cylindrica (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco densifolia (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele bicolor (Hook.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele cylindrica (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele densifolia (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena borneensis
(Merr.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18:20 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo; Sulawesi
42 BOR SUL
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele borneensis Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 85: 160 (1922)
species :
Dracaena brachyphylla
Kurz; J. As. Soc. Beng. 42: II. 249 (1873)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (North Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.)
41 AND NCB
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele brachyphylla (Kurz) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena braunii
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 479 (1893)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] (Tshopo etc.); Myanmar [I]; Tuvalu [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]
23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 41 mya 60 tuv 81 trt 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena litoralis Mwachala & Eb.Fisch.; Novon 22: 444 (2013)
= Pleomele braunii (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena breviflora
Ridl.; J. Bot. 34: 165 (1896)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Johor)
42 MLY
species :
Dracaena brevifolia
(L.E.Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 294 (2021)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria brevifolia L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 39: 25 (2019)
species :
Dracaena bueana
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: Beibl. 131, 20 (1924)
Distribution: +Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: status uncertain, known only from type, possibly of hybrid origin
species :
Dracaena bugandana
Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria lineata T.G.Forrest; Sansevieria 30: 11 (2013)
species :
Dracaena bukedea
Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria rosulata T.G.Forrest; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 89(6): 289 (2017)
species :
Dracaena burdettii
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Malawi; N-Mozambique
26 MLW MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria burdettii Chahin.; Brit. Cact. Succ. 18(3): 132 (2000)
species :
Dracaena burmanica
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: N-Myanmar
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria burmanica N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 228 (1915)
= Sansevieria maduraiensis Binojk.; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 458 (2002)
species :
Dracaena bushii
Damen; Blumea 63(1): 35 (2018)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 CMN EQG GAB
species :
Dracaena butleri
(R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2024(1): 1 (2024)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria butleri R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton; Cact. Succ. J. Los Angeles) (94(3): 143 (2022)
species :
Dracaena caboverdeana
(Marrero Rodr. & R.S.Almeida) Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte; Int. J. Geobot. Res. 7: 21 (2017)
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava)
21 CVI
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana Marrero Rodr. & R.S.Almeida; Int. J. Geobot. Res. 2(1): 36 (2012)
species :
Dracaena calocephala
Bos; Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1: 42 (1984)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia
22 GUI LBR
species :
Dracaena cambodiana
Pierre ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 81: 286 (1934)
Distribution: China (S-Hainan); India (Assam); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sumatra
36 CHI 40 IND 41 CBD LAO THA VIE 42 SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele cambodiana (Gagnep.) Merr. & Chun; Sunyatsenia 5: 31 (1940)
species :
Dracaena camerooniana
Baker; J. Bot. 12: 166 (1874)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena capitulifera De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. II. 1: I. 59 (1899)
= Dracaena dundusanensis De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 5 (1915)
= Dracaena frommii Engl. & K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 151 (1910)
= Dracaena gentilii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 50: 228 (1906) non Draps-Dom nom. illeg.
= Dracaena interrupta Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 1: 252 (1878), non Harv. ex Loudon nom. illeg.
= Dracaena lecomtei Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 667 (1897)
= Dracaena mayumbensis Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 667 (1897)
= Dracaena oddonii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 227 (1906)
= Dracaena odum Engl. & K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 152 (1910)
= Dracaena silvatica Hua; Bull. Soc. Nat. Hist. Autun 10: 665 (1897)
= Dracaena ueleensis De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 20 (1906)
= Draco camerooniana (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele camerooniana (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele interrupta (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele lecomtei (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele mayumbensis (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele silvatica (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena canaliculata
(Carrière) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Tanzania; NE-Mozambique; Madagascar [I]; Comores [I]
25 TAN 26 MOZ 29 com mdg
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria canaliculata Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1861: 449 (1861)
= Sansevieria schimperi Baker; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 335 (1898)
= Sansevieria sulcata Bojer ex Baker; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 335 (1898)
species :
Dracaena cantleyi
Baker; J. Bot. 19: 326 (1881)
Distribution: Myanmar; peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo
41 MYA THA 42 BOR MLY SNG
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena aurantiaca (Baker) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 329 (1892), nom. illeg.
= Dracaena marmorata Baker; Bot. Mag. 115: t. 7078 (1889)
= Dracaena spicata var. aurantiaca Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 532 (1875)
= Pleomele aurantiaca (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele cantleyi (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele marmorata (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena cerasifera
Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 663 (1897)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Cabinda [Angola]
22 GHA IVO LBR 23 CAB CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena scoparia A.Chev.; Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franc 1: 647 (1920), nomen, et ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 383, in clavi, 384 (1936), anglice
= Pleomele cerasifera (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena chahinianii
(Webb & Myklebust) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria chahinianii Webb & Myklebust; Sansevieria 37: 6 (2018)
species :
Dracaena chiniana
I.M.Turner; Gard. Bull. Singap. 47(2): 533 (1995 publ. July 1997); et in J. Singapore Nation. Acad. Sci., 22-24: 43 (Aug. 1997), nom. nov.
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia; Borneo
42 BOR MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena congesta Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 388 (1893), nom. illeg.
= Pleomele congesta N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena cincta
Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 530 (1875)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele cincta (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Draco cincta (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
species :
Dracaena cinnabari
Balf.f.; Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 30: 623 (1882)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Draco cinnabari (Balf.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
species :
Dracaena cochinchinensis
(Lour.) S.C.Chen; Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 14: 276(1980)
Distribution: China (SW-Guangxi, S-Yunnan); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Aletris cochinchinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 204 (1790)
= Dracaena compacta Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 540 (1875)
= Dracaena loureiroi Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 287 (1934), nom. illeg.
= Dracaena saposchnikowii Regel; Gartenflora 20: 323 (1871)
= Draco saposchnikowii (Regel) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 287 (1934)
species :
Dracaena coleana
(T.G.Forrest) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 294 (2021)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria coleana T.G.Forrest; CactusWorld 36(4): 262 (2018)
species :
Dracaena concinna
Kunth; Enum. Pl. 5: 8 (1850)
Distribution: Mauritius; Sumatra [I]; Northern Marianas [I] (Tinian [I]); Guam [I]
29 MAU 42 sum 62 gum mrn
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline betschleriana Göpp.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 55 (1855)
= Dracaena betschleriana (Göpp.) K.Koch; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1858: 254 (1858)
= Dracaena marginata var. concinna (Kunth) K.Koch; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1858: 254 (1858)
= Draco concinna (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
species :
Dracaena conduplicata
(T.C.Cole & T.G.Forrest) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 294 (2021)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria conduplicata T.C.Cole & T.G.Forrest; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 91(2): 148 (2019)
species :
Dracaena conferta
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 41: 35 (1900)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Borneo
41 THA 42 BOR MLY
species :
Dracaena congoensis
Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 668 (1897)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; +Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; SW-Central African Republic; ?W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 GHA IVO NGA 23 CAF CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena cuspidibracteata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96 (1902)
= Pleomele congoensis (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele cuspidibracteata (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena conspicua
N.E.Br., Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha conspicua (N.E.Br.) Chiov.; Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan-Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 222 (1916)
= Sansevieria conspicua N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 306 (1913)
species :
Dracaena cristula
W.Bull; Gard. Chron. 1878(2): 554 (1878)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena elliotii Baker; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 449 (1898)
= Pleomele elliotii (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena cubensis
Vict.; Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal, No. 43, 11 (1942)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
species :
Dracaena curtisii
Ridl.; J. As Soc. Straits 59: 210 (1911)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Dracaena cuspidata
Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 10: 155 (1920)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan)
42 MLY
species :
Dracaena dawei
(Stapf) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Kenya
23 BUR RWA 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria dawei Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 529 (1906)
species :
Dracaena dhofarica
(T.A.McCoy & Lavranos) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018)
Distribution: Oman
35 OMA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria dhofarica T.A.McCoy & Lavranos; Avonia 35(1): 65 (2017)
species :
Dracaena disticha
(R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(2)-1: 1 (2022)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria disticha R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton; CactusWorld 40(3): 201 (2022)
species :
Dracaena downsii
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: N-Zambia; N-Malawi
26 MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria downsii Chahin.; Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 18(3): 133 (2000)
species :
Dracaena draco
(L.) L.; Syst. ed. XII. 246 (1767)
Name: Kanarischer Drachenbaum (DE); Drago comun (ES)
Distribution: Gibraltar [I]; Azores [I] (Flores Isl. [I], Corvo Isl. [I]); Madeira (Madeira Isl., +Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Tenerife, La Palma Isl.); India [c]; New Zealand [I]
12 gib 21 azo CNY MDR 40 ind 51 nzl
Synonyms: hidden
= Asparagus draco L.; P. Loefling, Iter Hispan.: 303 (1758), nom. cons. prop.
= Dracaena boerhaavei Ten.; Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 4: 34 (1823)
= Dracaena draco var. angustifolia Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 337 (1829)
= Dracaena draco var. laxifolia Hayne; Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825)
= Dracaena draco var. pendulifolia Hayne; Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825)
= Dracaena draco var. strictifolia Hayne; Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825)
= Dracaena resinifera Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 253 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Dracaena yucciformis Vand.; Fasc. Pl. 12 (1771)
= Draco arbor Garsault; Fig. Pl. Anim. Med. t 90 (1764)
= Draco clusii Crantz; Duab. Dracon. Arb. 13 (1768)
= Draco draco (L.) Linding.; Abh. Gebiet Auslandsk., Hamb. 21: Reihe C, Naturw. 8 (Beitr. Veg. u. Fl. Kanar. Ins.) 309 (1926)
= Draco dragonalis Crantz; Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 14 (1768), nom. illeg.
= Drakaina draco (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 17 (1836)
= Oedera cranziana Berens; Diss. Drac. Arb. Clus. p. xlvii (1770)
= Oedera dragonalis Crantz; Duab. Dracon. Arb. 30 (1768)
= Palma draco (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 11 (1768)
= Stoerkia cranziana Berens; Diss. Drac. Arb. Clus. p. xlvi (1770)
= Stoerkia draco (L.) Crantz; Duab. Dracon. Arb. 25 (1768)
= Yucca draco (L.) Carrière; Rev. Hortic. Ser. IV. 8: 389 (1859)
species :
Dracaena dumetescens
(L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria dumetescens L.E.Newton; Bradleya 27: 157 (2009)
species :
Dracaena ebracteata
(Cav.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha lanuginosa (Willd.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Salmia ebracteata Cav.; Ic. 3: 24. t. 246 (1794)
= Sansevieria ebracteata (Cav.) Suresh; Nicolson, Suresh & K. S. Manilal, Interpret. Van Rheede´s Hort. Malab.: 271 (1988)
= Sansevieria lanuginosa Willd.; Sp. Pl. 2: 160 (1799), nom. illeg.
species :
Dracaena eilensis
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria eilensis Chahin.; Sansevieria J. 4(1): 9 (1995)
species :
Dracaena ellenbeckiana
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 95 (1902)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya
24 ETH 25 KEN UGA
species :
Dracaena elliptica
Thunb. & Dalm.; Dracaena: 6 (1808)
Distribution: China (S-Guangxi); NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar (Sagaing, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.
36 CHI 40 BAN IND 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Calodracon sieboldii Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 137 (1850)
= Cordyline atropurpurea (Roxb.) Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 1850 (1851) 132
= Cordyline maculata (Roxb.) Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 1850 (1851) 132
= Cordyline sieboldii Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 1850 (1851) 109. sub t. 569
= Cordyline sieboldii var. maculata Planch.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: t. 569 (1850)
= Dracaena atropurpurea Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 24
= 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 elliptica var. gracilis Baker; J. Bot. 11: 264 (1873)
= Dracaena elliptica var. maculata (Roxb.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 535 (1875), isonym
= Dracaena elliptica var. maculata (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4787 (1854)
= Dracaena gracilis (Baker) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 330 (1892), nom. illeg.
= Dracaena javanica (Blume) Kunth; Enum. Pl. 5 :12 (1850)
= Dracaena javanica var. maculata (Planch.) K.Koch; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 26: 253 (1858)
= Dracaena maculata Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 24
= Dracaena nigra var. maculata (Planch.) Regel; Gartenflora 20: 143 (1871)
= Dracaena sieboldii Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 1850 (1851) t. 569
= Dracaena terniflora Wall.; Numer. List no. 5147 A (1831)
= Draco atropurpurea (Roxb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele atropurpurea (Roxb.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
= Pleomele elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele gracilis (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Sansevieria javanica Blume; Enum. Pl. Jav. 1: 11 (1827)
species :
Dracaena enchiridiofolia
(R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 294 (2021)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria enchiridiofolia R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 41: 14 (2019)
species :
Dracaena erythraeae
(Mattei) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Eritrea
24 ERI
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria erythraeae Mattei; Boll. Stud. Inform. Giard. Colon. Palermo 4: 170 (1918)
= Sansevieria schweinfurthii Täckh. & Drar; Fl. Egypt 3: 305 (1954), nom. illeg.
species :
Dracaena fasciata
(Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: ?Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria fasciata Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par., 173 (1903)
species :
Dracaena finlaysonii
Baker; J. Bot. 11: 261 (1873)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl., Perak); Borneo; Sulawesi
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SUL
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena graminifolia Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 327 (1892), nom. illeg.
= Draco finlaysonii (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele graminifolia N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914), nom. superfl.
species :
Dracaena fischeri
Baker; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 477 (1893)
Distribution: +Tanzania
25 TAN
Conservation Status: known only from old type
species :
Dracaena floribunda
Baker; Bot. Mag. 105, t. 6447 (1879)
Distribution: Mauritius
29 MAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele floribunda (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena fontanesiana
Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg. 7: 1676 (1830)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: not in La Réunion
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline fontanesiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Göpp.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 54 (1855)
= Dracaena elliptica Desf.; Cat. Hort. Par. ed. III. 388 (1829) [non Thunb. & Dalm. 1808]
= Dracaena nigra Regel; Gartenflora (1871) 142
= Draco fontanesiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele fontainesiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena forestii
(L.E.Newton & R.H.Webb) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 294 (2021)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria forestii L.E.Newton & R.H.Webb; Sansevieria 41: 15 (2019)
species :
Dracaena forskaliana
(Schult. & Schult.f.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Central African Republic; ?NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Mauritius [I]; Saudi Arabia (Asir)
23 CAF 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 29 mau 35 SAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha abyssinica (N.E.Br.) Chiov.; Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan-Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 170 (1916)
= Acyntha abyssinica var. sublaevigata Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 419 (1932)
= Acyntha elliptica Chiov.; Fl. Somala, II. 421 (1932) ex Guidotti
= Convallaria racemosa Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 73 (1775), nom. illeg.
= Sansevieria abyssinica N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 306 (1913)
= Sansevieria abyssinica var. angustior (Engl.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 41(3 Suppl.): 1569 (1971)
= Sansevieria abyssinica var. sublaevigata (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 41 (3) Suppl. Enum. Pl. Aethiop. Spermat.:1569 (1971)
= Sansevieria elliptica (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 41 (3) Suppl. Enum. Pl. Aethiop. Spermat.: 1570 (1971)
= Sansevieria forskaliana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood; Kew Bull. 38: 83 (1983)
= Sansevieria guineensis var. angustior Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 97 (1902)
= Smilacina forskaliana Schult. & Schult.f.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 304 (1829)
species :
Dracaena fragrans
(L.) Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. t. 1081 (1808)
Name: Dracena, lndian cane, lndian palm
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; ?Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; India [c]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Singapore [I]; New Guinea [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; Tuvalu [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Tinian [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); Mexico [I]; El Salvador [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Cuba [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Guana [I], St. Croix [I]); Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Ecuador [I]
22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 mau reu rod 40 ind 41 mya tha 42 nwg sng 60 fij rot tuv 61 coo sci 62 mic mrn mrs plu 79 mex 80 cos els nic pan 81 bbd cub gdl gre his mar pue stv trt ven vir 82 clm 83 ecu
Synonyms: hidden
= Aletris fragrans L.; Sp. Pl. ed. II. 456 (1762)
= Aloe fragrantissima Jacq.; Enum. Stirp. Vind. App. 399 (1762)
= Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 111 (1850)
= Dracaena albanensis Sander ex Mast.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 27: 206 (1900)
= Dracaena aureolus W.Bull ex Mast.; Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 404 (1883)
= Dracaena broomfieldii Sander ex Mast.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 20: 666 (1896)
= 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 deisteliana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96 (1902)
= Dracaena deremensis Engl.; Jahrb. 32: 95 (1902)
= Dracaena deremensis var. warneckei Engl.; Gartenwelt 1907: 505 (1907)
= Dracaena ensifolia var. greigii Regel; Gartenflora 20: 139 (1871)
= Dracaena fragrans f. wacheana Wacha ex Siebert; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 1065 (1895)
= Dracaena fragrans var. massangeana (Rodigas) É.Morren; Belgique Hort. 31: 327 (1881)
= Dracaena fragrans var. victoria (W.Bull) O.F.Cook; Garden (London, 1871-1927) 1903: 78 (1903)
= Dracaena janssensii Mast.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 25: 287 (1899)
= Dracaena latifolia f. rothiana Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 1064 (1895)
= Dracaena lindenii Linden ex André; Ill. Hort. 27: 85 (1880)
= Dracaena massangeana Rodigas; Rev. Hort. Belg. 7: 210 (1881)
= Dracaena smithii Baker ex Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6169 (1875)
= Dracaena steudneri var. kilimandscharica Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 143 (1895)
= Dracaena ugandensis Baker; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 445 (1898)
= Dracaena victoria W.Bull; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 24: 325 (1898)
= Draco fragrans (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele deremensis (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 245 (1796)
= 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)
= Sansevieria fragrans (L.) Jacq.; Fragm. Bot.: 29 (1803)
species :
Dracaena francisii
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria francisii Chahin.; Sansevieria J. 4(1): 12 (1995)
species :
Dracaena frequens
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya
25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria frequens Chahin.; Cact. Succ. J. (U. S. A.) 72(3): 130 (2000)
species :
Dracaena ghiesbreghtii
W.Bull ex J.J.Blandy; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 365 (1862)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Ecuador [I]
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON PAN 83 ecu
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena americana Donn.Sm.; Sarg. Trees & Shrubs, 207, t. 98 (1905)
species :
Dracaena glomerata
Baker; J. Bot. 12: 166 (1874)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena buettneri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 478 (1892)
= Dracaena gabonica Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 669 (1897)
= Dracaena soyauxiana Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 857 (1901)
= Draco glomerata (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele gabonica (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele glomerata (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele soyauxiana (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena goldieana
W.Bull ex Mast. & Moore; Gard. Chron. 1872: 1232 (1872)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Trinidad [I]
22 NGA 23 CMN GAB 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Draco goldieana (W.Bull ex Mast. & Moore) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele goldieana (W.Bull ex Mast. & Moore) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena gracillima
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: S-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria gracillima Chahin.; Sansevieria 12: 3 (2005)
species :
Dracaena granulata
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit Ind. 6: 327 (1892)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Johor); Singapore; Sumatra
42 MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele granulata (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena griffithii
Regel; Gartenflora (1871) 146
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand
41 AND MYA NCB THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena atropurpurea var. griffithii (Regel) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 533 (1875)
= Dracaena helferiana Wall. ex Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 248 (1873)
= Pleomele griffithii (Regel) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele helferiana (Wall. ex Kurz) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena haemanthoides
Bos ex Damen; Blumea 63(1): 37 (2018)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 CMN EQG GAB
species :
Dracaena hallii
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo)
26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria hallii Chahin.; Sansevieria J. 5(1): 7 (1996)
species :
Dracaena hanningtonii
Baker; R. A. Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 438 (1898)
Distribution: NE-Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Oman; Yemen (Aden Desert, SW-Yemen, Tihama)
24 DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha ehrenbergii (Schweinf. ex Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Acyntha rorida (Lanza) Chiov.; Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan-Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 170 (1916)
= Dracaena oldupai Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018), nom. nov. superfl.
= Pleomele hanningtonii (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Sanseverinia rorida Lanza; Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 208 (1910)
= Sansevieria ehrenbergii Schweinf. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 549 (1875)
= Sansevieria rorida (Lanza) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 205 (1915)
species :
Dracaena hewittii
Ridl.; Sarawak Mus. J. 1: No. 2, 38 (1912)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele hewittii (Ridl.) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No., 115 (1921)
species :
Dracaena hokouensis
G.Z.Ye; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 14(1): 29-30, f. 1 (1992)
Distribution: China (S-Guangxi, Yunnan); ?Thailand; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
species :
Dracaena hosei
(Ridl.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18:20 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele hosei Ridl.; J. Bot. 68: 180 (1930)
species :
Dracaena humiflora
(D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria humiflora D.J.Richards; Sansevieria 10: 3 (2004)
species :
Dracaena hyacinthoides
(L.) Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1101 (2017)
Name: Sweet Sansevieria, Iguanatail; African bowstring-hemp (Bahamas), Espada de Santa Elena, Espada de Santa Teresa, Hoja de Santa Elena, Lengua de vaca (Dominican Republic), Oreilles d´Ane, Safran, Z´oreilles bourrique (Haiti), Bowstring hemp, Mother-in-law´s tongue (Jamaica), Bowstring, Langue a chat, Sanddragon de cermitiere, Snake plant, Z´oreille a bourrique (Lesser Antilles), Chucho, Cocuisa, Lengua de chuco, Lengua de vaca, Sansiviera (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Equatorial Guinea [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Seychelles [I]; Yemen (Tihama, Aden Desert, W-Yemen); India [I] (Andhra Pradesh [I], Odisha [I], Tamil Nadu [I], West Bengal [I]); Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Java [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. John [I]); St. Lucia [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]
23 bio caf eqg 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 sey 35 YEM 40 ind 41 cbd vie 42 jaw 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos nic pan 81 bah bbd cay cub his jam pue stl trt vir 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha guineensis (L.) Medik.; Theodora, 76 (1786)
= Acyntha thyrsiflora (Thunb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Aletris guineensis (L.) Jacq.; Hort. Vind. 1: 63. t. 84 (1770)
= Aletris hyacinthoides (L.) L.; Sp. Pl. ed. II. 456 (1753)
= Aletris hyacinthoides var. guineensis (L.) L.; Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 456 (1762)
= Aloe guineensis (L.) Jacq.; Enum. Stirp. Vind. App. 308 (1762)
= Aloe hyacinthoides L.; Sp. Pl. 321 (1753)
= Aloe hyacinthoides var. guineensis L.; Sp. Pl. 321 (1753)
= Cordyline guineensis (L.) Britton; Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 35 (1918)
= Cordyline hyacinthoides (L.) W.Wight; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 9: 249 (1904)
= Pleomele aloifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 245 (1796)
= Salmia guineensis (L.) Cav.; Ic. 3: 24. t. 246 (1794)
= Salmia spicata Cav.; Ic. 3: 24. t. 246 (1794)
= Sansevieria angustiflora Lindb.; Act. Soc. Sci. Fenn. 10: 130 (1871)
= Sansevieria angustifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 547 (1875), nom. illeg.
= Sansevieria fulvocincta Haw.; Succ. Pl. Suppl. 30 (1819)
= Sansevieria grandis Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 129: t. 7877 (1903)
= Sansevieria grandis var. zuluensis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 252 (1915)
= Sansevieria guineensis (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl. 2: 159 (1799)
= Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles 3: 423 [1913](1914)
= Sansevieria laetevirens Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 66 (1812)
= Sansevieria latifolia Bojer; Hort. Maurit. 348 (1837)
= Sansevieria polyphylla Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 65 (1812)
= Sansevieria rufocincta Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 548 (1875)
= Sansevieria spicata (Cav.) Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 66 (1812)
= Sansevieria stenophylla Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 342 (1821)
= Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 65 (1794), nom. superfl.
= Veltheimia guineensis (L.) Neck.; Elem. Bot. 3: 186 (1790), opus utique oppr.
species :
Dracaena impressivenia
Yu H.Yan & H.J.Guo; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 44(2): 185 (2006)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Dracaena itumei
(Mbugua) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria aethiopica subsp. itumei Mbugua; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Dracaenac.: 17 (2007)
= Sansevieria itumei (Mbugua) Jankalski; Sansevieria 20: 20 (2009)
species :
Dracaena jayniana
Wilkin & Suksathan; Kew Bull. 67(4): 698 (2012)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Dracaena jiewhoei
Hambali, Sulist. & Rugayah; Reinwardtia 19(2): 76 (2020)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Dracaena kaweesakii
Wilkin & Suksathan; PhytoKeys 26: 103 (2013)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Dracaena kindtiana
De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 119 (1907)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Angola; Zambia
22 NGA 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele kindtiana (De Wild.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena kirkii
Baker; J. Bot. 12: 164 (1874)
Distribution: Comores
29 COM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena arborea K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 10: 236 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Draco kirkii (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco kochiana (Regel) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele kirkii (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele kochiana (Regel) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena kupensis
Mwachala, Cheek, Eb.Fisch. & Muasya; Kew Bull. 62(4): 614 (2007)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Dracaena laevifolia
(R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018)
Distribution: Kenya (Rift Valley)
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria laevifolia R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 34: 9 (2016)
species :
Dracaena lalakana
(T.C.Cole & T.G.Forrest) comb.ined.
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria lalakana T.C.Cole & T.G.Forrest; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 94(4): 187 (2022)
species :
Dracaena lancea
Thunb. & Dalm.; Dracaena: 5 (1808)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Dracaena lancifolia
(Ridl.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18:20 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele lancifolia Ridl.; J. Bot. 68: 179 (1930)
species :
Dracaena lavranii
(Webb & Myklebust) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 270 (2018)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria lavranii Webb & Myklebust; Sansevieria 37: 10 (2018)
species :
Dracaena laxissima
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 478 (1893)
Distribution: S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique
22 NGA 23 BIO BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena bequaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 37 (1921)
= Dracaena elegans Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 665 (1897)
= Dracaena laxissima f. aureilicia Wiland & Q.Luke; Blumea 63(1): 39 (2018)
= Pleomele elegans (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena liberica
(Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; ?Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; S-Chad; Sudan
22 BEN BKN GHA IVO LBR NGA NGR SIE TOG 23 CAF GAB 24 CHA SUD
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria chinensis Gentil ex N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 242 (1915)
= Sansevieria gentilis Mattei; Boll. Stud. Inform. Reale Giardino Colon. 4: 171 (1918), nom. superfl.
= Sansevieria liberica Gérôme & Labroy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 173 (1903)
species :
Dracaena longiflora
(Sims) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Burkina Faso [I]; ?SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia
22 bkn 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha longiflora (Sims) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Sansevieria longiflora Sims; Bot. Mag. t. 2634 (1826)
variant :
var. fernandopoensis
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 BIO CMN CON
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria longiflora var. fernandopoensis N.E.Br.; BMI 1915(5): 76 (1915)
species :
Dracaena longifolia
Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 388 (1893)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Pahan)
42 MLY
species :
Dracaena longistyla
(la Croix) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Malawi
26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena testudinea Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018), nom. nov. for Sansevieria braunii Engl. & K. Krause
= Sansevieria braunii Engl. & K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 153 (1910) (tentative synonym)
= Sansevieria longistyla la Croix; Kew Bull. 59: 617 (2004)
species :
Dracaena lunatifolia
(L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria lunatifolia L.E.Newton; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 87(3): 118 (2015)
species :
Dracaena maingayi
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 392 (1892)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (south of Malaya); Singapore; Sumatra
42 MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele maingayi (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena malabensis
(L.E.Newton & R.H.Webb) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2024(1): 1 (2024)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria malabensis L.E.Newton & R.H.Webb; Cact. Succ. J. Los Angeles) (94(3): 144 (2022)
species :
Dracaena malawiana
Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: S-Malawi
26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria formosa Chahin.; Sansevieria 26: 2 (2012)
species :
Dracaena mannii
Baker; J. Bot. 12: 164 (1874)
Name: Kosi Dragon Tree
Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
22 BEN NGA 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena tessmannii Engl. & K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 151 (1910)
= Dracaena thomsoniana Veitch ex Mast. & T.Moore; Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 56 (1882)
= Dracaena usambarensis var. longifolia De Wild.; Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 43 (1905)
= Draco mannii (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele mannii (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena marachiensis
(T.G.Forrest) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 295 (2021)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria marachiensis T.G.Forrest; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 93(3): 208 (2021)
species :
Dracaena marina
Bos ex Damen; Blumea 63(1): 40 (2018)
Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 BEN NGA 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
species :
Dracaena masoniana
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria masoniana Chahin.; Cact. Succ. J. (U. S. A.) 72(1): 31 (2000)
species :
Dracaena mikephillipsii
(R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(2)-1: 1 (2022)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria mikephillipsii R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton; Sansevieria Online 10(2)-1: 3 (2022)
species :
Dracaena mokoko
Mwachala & Cheek; Nordic J. Bot. 30(4): 390 (2012)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Dracaena multiflora
Warb. ex Sarasin; Reis. Celebes 1: 136 (1905)
Distribution: Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Batanes, Luzon, Polillo, Mindoro, Ticao, Masbate, Sulu Arch.); Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Palau (Babeldaob, Koror, Urukthapel); Fed. States of Micronesia
42 LSI MOL PHI PLW SUL 62 MIC PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele multiflora (Warb. ex Sarasin) Merr.; Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 205 (1923)
species :
Dracaena neobella
Neng Wei, Mwachala, G.W.Hu & Q.F.Wang; Phytotaxa 514(1): 85, fig. 1 (2021), nom. nov.
Distribution: S-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena bella (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018), comb. illeg.
= Sansevieria bella L.E.Newton; Cact. Succ. J. (U. S. A.) 72(4): 224 (2000)
species :
Dracaena neorobusta
Idrees & Z.Yong Zhang; Phytotaxa 561(2): 215 (2022), nom. nov.
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena robusta Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 42 (1912), nom. illeg.
= Pleomele robusta (Ridl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena newtoniana
(T.G.Forrest) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria newtoniana T.G.Forrest; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 86(2):76, photogrs., map (2014)
species :
Dracaena nilotica
(Baker) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: ?Central African Republic; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Bonin Isl. [I] (Chichijima [I], Hahajima [I])
24 ETH SSU SUD 25 UGA 38 oga
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha massae Chiov.; Atti R. Accad. Ital., Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. etc. 11 (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 58(1940)
= Acyntha nilotica (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Sansevieria massae (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 41 (3) Suppl. Enum. Pl. Aethiop. Spermat.: 1570 (1971)
= Sansevieria nilotica Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 548 (1875)
= Sansevieria nilotica var. obscura N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 238 (1915)
species :
Dracaena nitens
Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 252 (1878)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Remarks: often included in D. mannii s. l.
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena reflexa var. buchneri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96 (1902)
= Dracaena reflexa var. nitens (Welw. ex Baker) Baker; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 441 (1898)
= Pleomele nitens (Welw. ex Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena nitida
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria nitida Chahin.; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 73: 120 (2001)
species :
Dracaena novoguineensis
Gibbs; Phytogeogr. & Fl. Arfak Mts 203 (1917)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Dracaena nutans
Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 3: 406 (1893)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Pahan)
41 AND 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele nutans (Ridl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena nyangensis
Pellegr.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. II. 2: 571 (1930)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Dracaena ombet
Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.; Pl. Tinn. 47 (1867)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); NE-Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; N-Somalia; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Rub al Khali)
20 EGY 24 DJI ERI ETH SOM SUD 35 SAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena ombet Kotschy & Peyr. ex Engl.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 2 (Engl. & Drude, Veg. der Erde, ix.) 293 (1908)
= Dracaena ombet subsp. schizantha (Baker) Bos; Sinet 1997: 20 (1997)
= Dracaena rhabdophylla Chiov.; Webbia 8: 12 (1951)
= Dracaena schizantha Baker; J. Bot. 15: 71 (1877)
= Draco ombet (Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco schizantha (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
species :
Dracaena ovata
Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1180 (1809)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; W-Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN CON EQG
Synonyms: hidden
= Aletris pumila Donn; Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 2: 42 (1800), nom. illeg.
= Cordyline ovata (Ker Gawl.) Planch.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 111 (1850)
= Dracaena afzelii Baker; J. Bot. 12: 167 (1874)
= Dracaena prolata C.H.Wright; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 115 (1905)
= Dracaena sessiliflora C.H.Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 338 (1914)
= Draco afzelii (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Draco ovata (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= 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)
species :
Dracaena pachyphylla
Kurz; J. As. Soc. Beng. 42 II. 249 (1873)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (Little Andaman Isl.); Myanmar; peninsular Malaysia; Borneo
41 AND MYA 42 BOR MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele pachyphylla (Kurz) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena parva
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Rwanda; Uganda; Kenya
23 RWA 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena dooneri (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
= Sansevieria bequaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 40 (1921)
= Sansevieria dooneri N.E.Br.; BMI 1915(5): 51, fig. 13 (1915)
= Sansevieria parva N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 233 (1915)
species :
Dracaena parviflora
Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 1: 252 (1878)
Distribution: NW-Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele parviflora (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena pearsonii
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: S-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria deserti N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 208 (1915)
= Sansevieria rhodesiana N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 212 (1915)
= Sansevieria pearsonii N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 97 (1911)
species :
Dracaena pedicellata
(la Croix) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique
26 MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria pedicellata la Croix; Kew Bull. 59: 620 (2004)
species :
Dracaena penangensis
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 41: 36 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Dracaena pendula
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 41: 36 (1900)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.; peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Melaka)
41 AND THA 42 MLY
species :
Dracaena perrotii
(Warb.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: ?E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha robusta (N.E.Br.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 422 (1932)
= Sansevieria ehrenbergii De Wild.; Not. Pl. Util. Congo: 624 (1905), nom. illeg.
= Sansevieria perrotii Warb.; Tropenpflanzer 5: 191 (1901)
= Sansevieria robusta N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 207 (1915)
species :
Dracaena perrottetii
Baker; J. Bot. 12: 165 (1874)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo, Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon
22 GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE 23 CMN
Remarks: often included in D. mannii s. l.
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena perrottetii var. minor Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 529 (1875)
= Draco perottetii (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele perrottetii (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele heudelotii N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena pethera
Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018), nom. nov. for Sansevieria kirkii Baker
Distribution: ?SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SE-Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena pethera var. pulchra (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
= Sansevieria kirkii Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1887) 3, 8, fig. 5
= Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra N.E.Br.; BMI 1915(5): 76 (1915)
= Sansevieria longiflora Gérôme & Labroy; (1903) [non Sims]
= Sansevieria raffillii var. pulchra N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 256 (1915)
species :
Dracaena petiolata
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 331 (1892)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele petiolata (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena pfennigii
(Mbugua) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 295 (2021)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria pfennigii Mbugua; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Dracaen. 33 (2007)
species :
Dracaena pfisteri
(D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria pfisteri D.J.Richards; Sansevieria 19: 4 (2-7, figs) (2009)
species :
Dracaena phanerophlebia
Baker; R. A. Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 448 (1898)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele phanerophlebia (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena phillipsiae
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena hargeisana (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
= Sansevieria hargeisana Chahin.; Sansevieria J. 3(3): 53 (1994)
= Sansevieria phillipsiae N.E.Br.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 30: t. 3100 (1913)
species :
Dracaena phrynioides
Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 5352 (1862)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
22 GHA IVO LBR 23 BIO CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena oculata Linden; Bull. Féd. Soc. Hort. Belgique 1861: 296 (1862)
= Draco phrynioides (Hook.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele phrynioides (Hook.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
species :
Dracaena pinguicula
(P.R.O.Bally) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
subspecies :
subsp. pinguicula
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria pinguicula P.R.O.Bally; Candollea 19: 145 (1964)
subspecies :
subsp. disticha
(Pfennig ex A.Butler) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena pinguicula f. disticha (Pfennig ex A.Butler) L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 47: 12 (2022), isonym
= Dracaena pinguicula f. disticha (Pfennig ex A.Butler) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 296 (2021)
= Sansevieria pinguicula f. disticha (Pfennig ex A.Butler) L.E.Newton & Thiede; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 87(1): 31 (2015)
= Sansevieria pinguicula subsp. disticha Pfennig ex A.Butler; Sansevieria 28: 17 (2012)
subspecies :
subsp. nana
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena pinguicula subsp. nana (Chahin.) L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 47: 12 (2022), isonym
= Sansevieria pinguicula subsp. nana (Chahin.) L.E.Newton & Thiede; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 87(1): 32 (2015)
= Sansevieria pinguicula var. nana Chahin.; Sansevieria 30: 15 (2013)
species :
Dracaena porteri
Baker; J. Bot. 11: 262 (1873)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore
41 THA 42 MLY SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Draco porteri (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele porteri (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena powellii
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: ?Sudan; ?South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; N-Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha powellii (N.E.Br.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala, II. 422 (1932)
= Sansevieria powellii N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 198 (1915)
species :
Dracaena powysii
(L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: ?Somalia; SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria powysii L.E.Newton; Bradleya 28: 24 (2010)
species :
Dracaena praetermissa
Bos; Dracaena W. Africa (Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1): 102 (1984)
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
species :
Dracaena purpurea
(Ridl.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18:20 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele purpurea Ridl.; J. Bot. 68: 179 (1930)
species :
Dracaena raffillii
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar
25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria raffillii N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 252 (1915)
= Sansevieria raffillii var. glauca N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 252 (1915)
species :
Dracaena reflexa
Lam.; Encycl. 2: 324 (1786)
Distribution: NE-Mozambique; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra; India [c]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Java [I]; Moluccas [I]; Belize [I]; Colombia [I]
26 MOZ 29 ALD COM MAU MDG REU ROD 40 ind 41 lao mya 42 bor jaw mol sul 80 blz 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline cernua (Jacq.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 149 (1842)
= Cordyline reflexa (Lam.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 148 (1842)
= Dracaena candelaria Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 1850 (1851) 132
= Dracaena cernua Jacq.; Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 50. t. 96 (1797)
= Dracaena divaricata Willd. ex Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1: 140 (1871)
= Dracaena reflexa var. brevifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
= Dracaena reflexa var. cernua (Jacq.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
= Draco reflexa (Lam.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Lomatophyllum cernuum (Jacq.) Bojer; Hort. Maurit. 349 (1837)
= Lomatophyllum reflexum (Lam.) Bojer; Hort. Maurit. 349 (1837)
= Pleomele porteana N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
= Pleomele reflexa (Lam.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 186 (2009), isonym
= Pleomele reflexa (Lam.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
variant :
var. angustifolia
Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
Distribution: Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl.); Seychelles; Solomon Isl. [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I])
29 ALD MAU MDG REU ROD SEY 43 sol 62 mic mrs
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline marginata (Lam.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 148 (1842)
= Dracaena gracilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 253 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Dracaena madagascariensis W.Bull; Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 199: 12 (1884)
= Dracaena marginata Lam.; Encycl. 2: 324 (1786)
= Dracaena tessellata Willd.; Enum. Hort. Berol. 374 (1809)
= Draco marginata (Lam.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele marginata (Lam.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
variant :
var. bakeri
(Scott Elliot) Humbert; Fl. Madagascar 40: 10 (1938)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena bakeri Scott Elliot; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 60 (1891)
= Pleomele bakeri (Scott Elliot) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
variant :
var. brevituba
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 101 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. condensata
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 94 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. lanceolata
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 102 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. linearifolia
Ayres ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
Distribution: Madagascar; Mauritius; ?La Réunion
29 MAU MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele linearifolia (Ayres ex N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
variant :
var. nervosa
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 102 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. occidentalis
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 98 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. parvifolia
Thouars ex H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 96 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. salicifolia
(Regel) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 530 (1875)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline salicifolia Göpp.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 53 (1855), nom. nud.
= Dracaena flexuosa Regel; Gartenflora 8: 329 (1859)
= Dracaena salicifolia Regel; Gartenflora 20: 141 (1871)
= Pleomele melleri N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele salicifolia (Regel) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
variant :
var. subelliptica
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 100 (1936)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Dracaena richardsii
(P.A.Mansf. & M.J.Spindl.) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2024(1): 1 (2024)
Distribution: Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria richardsii P.A.Mansf. & M.J.Spindl.; Sansevieria Online 11(1)-1: 4 (2023)
species :
Dracaena rosulata
Mwachala & Eb.Fisch.; Phytotaxa 88(1): 6 (2013)
Distribution: W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Dracaena roxburghiana
(Schult. & Schult.f.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Mauritius [I]; India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Laos [I]; Philippines [I]
29 mau 40 ban IND ldv SRL 41 and lao 42 phi
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha roxburghiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Cordyline roxburghiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Merr.; Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 206 (1923)
= Sansevieria roxburghiana Schult. & Schult.f.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 357 (1829)
= Sansevieria zeylanica Roxb.; Pl. Corom. 2: 43. t. 184 (1805), nom. illeg.
species :
Dracaena rugosifolia
(R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 295 (2021)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria rugosifolia R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton; Sansevieria 41: 11 (2019)
species :
Dracaena sambiranensis
(H.Perrier) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria sambiranensis H.Perrier; Humbert, Notul. Syst. 5: 154 (1936)
species :
Dracaena sanderiana
Mast.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 731 (1892)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NE-Angola
23 CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena poggei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 478 (1892)
= Dracaena vanderystii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 7 (1915)
= Pleomele poggei (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele sanderiana (Mast.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena sarawakensis
(W.W.Sm.) Jankalski; Sansevieria 18:20 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele sarawakensis W.W.Sm.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 325 (1915)
species :
Dracaena scabra
Bos; Dracaena W. Africa (Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1): 105 (1984)
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
species :
Dracaena scimitariformis
(D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: NE-Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria scimitariformis D.J.Richards; Sansevieria 5: 8 (2002)
species :
Dracaena senegambica
(Baker) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Gabon
22 BKN GAM GNB GUI IVO SEN SIE 23 GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha senegambica (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Sansevieria cornui Gérôme & Labroy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 173 (1903)
= Sansevieria liberiensis Cornu ex A.Chev.; Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franc. 633 (1920), nomen
= Sansevieria senegambica Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 548 (1875)
species :
Dracaena serpenta
Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena caulescens (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018)
= Dracaena serpenta var. humbertiana (Guillaumin) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
= Sansevieria caulescens N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 200 (1913)
= Sansevieria gracilis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 96 (1911)
= Sansevieria gracilis var. humbertiana (Guillaumin) Mbugua; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Dracaen. 25 (2007)
= Sansevieria humbertiana Guillaumin; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 12: 353 (1940)
species :
Dracaena serrulata
Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 342 (1894)
subspecies :
subsp. serrulata
Distribution: Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut)
35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena neoserrulata Idrees & Z.Yong Zhang; Phytotaxa 561(2): 215 (2022), nom. nov.
subspecies :
subsp. dhofarica
T.A.McCoy & Lavranos; Avonia 35(1): 59 (2017)
Distribution: Oman (Dhofar)
35 OMA
subspecies :
subsp. mccoyorum
Lavranos; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 89(4): 149 (2017)
Distribution: Saudi Arabia
35 SAU
species :
Dracaena siamica
Ridl.; J. Bot., 166 (1896)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis)
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele siamica (Ridl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena singapurensis
Ridl.; J. Bot., 166 (1896)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (south of Malaya); +Singapore
42 MLY SNG
species :
Dracaena singularis
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; S-Somalia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Buphane fischeri Baker; R. A. Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 577 (1898)
= Sansevieria singularis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 97 (1911)
= Sansevieria fischeri (Baker) Marais; Kew Bull. 41(1): 58 (1986)
species :
Dracaena sinus-simiorum
(Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Malawi
26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria sinus-simiorum Chahin.; Sansevieria 3: 24 (2002)
species :
Dracaena spathulata
Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018), nom. nov.
subspecies :
subsp. spathulata
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Puerto Rico [c]
26 MOZ 27 SAF 81 pue
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria concinna N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 233 (1913)
= Sansevieria subspicata var. concinna (N.E.Br.) Mbugua; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Dracaen. 14 (2007)
subspecies :
subsp. sudwallensis
(R.H.Webb) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 295 (2021)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpumalanga)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria concinna subsp. sudwallensis R.H.Webb; Sansevieria 43: 21 (2020)
species :
Dracaena specksii
(Webb & Myklebust) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina; Phytotaxa 376(6): 271 (2018)
Distribution: Benin
22 BEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria specksii Webb & Myklebust; Sansevieria 37: 7 (2018)
species :
Dracaena spicata
Roxb.; Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 2: 157 (1832)
Distribution: NE-India (Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Bago, Yangon); Thailand; Borneo; Java
40 BAN IND 41 AND MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena wallichii Kunth; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1842: 26 (1844)
= Draco spicata (Roxb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele spicata (Roxb.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena steudneri
Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C (1895) 143
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; ?Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena papahu Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 143 (1895)
= Pleomele papahu (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele steudneri (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena stuckyi
(God.-Leb.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: S-Kenya; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 KEN 26 MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha stuckyi (God.-Leb.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 422 (1932)
= Sansevieria andradae God.-Leb.; Sansev. Gigant. Afr. Or.: 17 (1903)
= Sansevieria andradae God.-Leb. ex Gérôme; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 171 (1903)
= Sansevieria stuckyi God.-Leb.; Sansev. Gigant. Afr. Or.: 13 (1903)
species :
Dracaena subspicata
(Baker) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria subspicata Baker; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 6: 436 (1889)
species :
Dracaena subtilis
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria subtilis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 237 (1915)
species :
Dracaena suffruticosa
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018)
subspecies :
subsp. suffruticosa
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria suffruticosa N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 202 (1915)
subspecies :
subsp. longituba
(Pfennig) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 296 (2021)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena suffruticosa var. longituba (Pfennig) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018)
= Sansevieria suffruticosa var. longituba Pfennig; Bot. Jahrb. Syst., 102(1-4): 178 (1981)
species :
Dracaena surculosa
Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. t. 1169 (1828)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic
22 GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena godseffiana Hort; ex Rev. Hortic. (1890) 201
= Draco surculosa (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Nemampsis ternifolia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 16 (1836)
= Pleomele godseffiana (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Pleomele surculosa (Lindl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
variant :
var. maculata
Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5662 (1867)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena interrupta Harv. ex Loudon; Hort. Brit.: 130 (1830)
= Dracaena surculosa var. capitata Hepper; Kew Bull. 22: 435 (1968)
species :
Dracaena talbotii
Rendle; Cat. Talbot´s Nigerian Pl. 112 (1913)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; W-Cameroon
22 NGA 23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele talbotii (Rendle) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena tamaranae
Marrero Rodr., R.S.Almeida & Gonz.-Mart.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 128(3): 294 (1998)
Name: Gran-Canaria-Drachenbaum (DE); Drago de Gran Canaria (ES)
Distribution: Canary Isl. (SW-Gran Canaria)
21 CNY
Conservation Status: critically endangered
species :
Dracaena terniflora
Roxb.; Fl. Ind., ed. 1832 2: 159-160 (1832)
Distribution: China (SW-Yunnan); NE-India (Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo
36 CHI 40 BAN IND 41 THA 42 BOR MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena terminalis Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t (2054) (1853), non (L.) L.
= Pleomele terniflora (Roxb.) Merr.; J. Arn. Arb. 23: 157 (1942)
variant :
var. heyneana
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 329 (1892)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele reflexa var. heyneana (Hook.f.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 186 (2009)
species :
Dracaena tholloniana
Hua; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 662 (1897)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena longipetiolata Mwachala & Eb.Fisch.; Novon 22: 442 (2013)
= Dracaena monostachya var. angolensis Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 447 (1898)
= Pleomele tholloniana (Hua) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena thwaitesii
Regel; Act. Hort. Petrop. 1: 144 (1871)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena ternifolia var. thwaitesii (Regel) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 6: 329 (1892)
= Draco thwaitesii (Regel) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele thwaitesii (Regel) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena timorensis
Kunth; Abh. Acad. Berl. (842) 26 (1842)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor)
42 LSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Draco timorensis (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Pleomele timorensis (Kunth) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena trachystachys
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit Ind. 6: 328 (1892); Sprague in Journ Bot., 349 (1921)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele trachystachys (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914)
species :
Dracaena transvaalensis
Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1001 (1904)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
species :
Dracaena trifasciata
(Prain) Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1101 (2017)
subspecies :
subsp. trifasciata
Name: Viper´s bowstring hemp; Tiger cat (Jamaica), Oreillo di burian, Rhamni, Snake plant, Yerba ci cinta, Yerba di colebas (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Morocco [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (Lanzarote [I], Fuerteventura [I], Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I], La Palma Isl. [I]); Guinea [I]; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; St. Helena [I]; Mauritius [I]; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); Bhutan [I]; India [c]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Singapore [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Tuvalu [I]; Banaba [Ocean] Isl. [I]; Nauru [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I], Maupiti [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Lukunor [I], Satawan [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Pagan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I], Kwajalein [I], Jaluit [I]); Wake Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], East Maui [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Guana [I], St. Croix [I], Virgin Gorda [I]); St. Lucia [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Ecuador [I]
20 mor 21 cny 22 gui NGA 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 28 sth 29 cgs mau 40 ban bhu ind 41 lao mya tha 42 jaw phi sng 43 sol 50 aus lhi 60 fij nru nue oce tuv van 61 coo sci 62 gum mic mrn mrs plu wak 63 haw 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos hon nic 81 his jam pue stl trt ven vir 82 clm 83 ecu
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria aureovariegata Mottet; Dict. Prat. Hort. 4: 626 (1896-1897)
= Sansevieria craigii Anon.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 51(Suppl.): xv (1912)
= Sansevieria jacquinii N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 97 (1911)
= Sansevieria laurentii De Wild.; Rev. Cult. Colon. 14: 234 (1904)
= Sansevieria trifasciata Prain; Bengal Plants 2: 1054 (1903)
= Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii (De Wild.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 240 (1915)
= Sansevieria zeylanica var. laurentii (De Wild.) L.H.Bailey; Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 3070 (1963)
subspecies :
subsp. sikawae
(R.H.Webb & Yinger) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 295 (2021)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria trifasciata subsp. sikawae R.H.Webb & Yinger; Sansevieria 41: 2 (2019)
species :
Dracaena tubiformis
(P.A.Mansf. & M.J.Spindl.) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2024(1): 1 (2024)
Distribution: Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria tubiformis P.A.Mansf. & M.J.Spindl.; Sansevieria Online 12(1-2): 9 (2024)
species :
Dracaena umbraculifera
Jacq.; Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 50. t. 95 (1797)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: not in Mauritius
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordyline umbraculifera (Jacq.) Planch.; Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 6: 1850 (1851) 111
= Dracaena pumila Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. 1: 341 (1821)
= Draco umbraculifera (Jacq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
= Lomatophyllum umbraculiferum (Jacq.) Bojer; Hort. Maurit. 349 (1837)
= Pleomele umbraculifera (Jacq.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena umbratica
Ridl.; Fl. Malay. Penins. 4: 334 (1924)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore
41 THA 42 MLY SNG
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
species :
Dracaena usambarensis
Engl.; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 30; et Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C (1895) 144
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Remarks: often included in D. mannii s. l.
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena gazensis Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 214 (1911)
= Pleomele gazensis (Rendle) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
= Dracaena pseudoreflexa Mildbr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch.-Afr.-Exped. 1907-8 2: 63 (1910)
= Pleomele usambarensis (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena vanillosa
(M.Burkart & Scharf) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede; Phytotaxa 524(4): 296 (2021)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria vanillosa M.Burkart & Scharf; Sansevieria Online 9(1)-4: 5 (2021)
species :
Dracaena varians
(N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018)
Distribution: Kenya; Zambia; South Africa (Northern Prov.)
25 KEN 26 ZAM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha patens (N.E.Br.) Chiov.; L. A. di Savoia-Aosta, Esplor. Uabi-Uebi Scebeli: 453 (1932)
= Dracaena patens (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
= Dracaena sordida (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 66 (2018)
= Sansevieria patens N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 210 (1915)
= Sansevieria sordida N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 214 (1915)
= Sansevieria varians N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 209 (1915)
species :
Dracaena viridiflora
Engl. & K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 153 (1910)
Distribution: Ghana; SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Cabinda [Angola]
22 GHA NGA 23 BIO CAB CMN CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracaena ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 152 (1910)
= Dracaena letestui Pellegr.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 571 (1930)
= Dracaena mildbraedii K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 447 (1914)
= Dracaena vaginata Hutch.; Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 383, in clavi, 384 (1936), anglice, nom. inval.
= Pleomele viridiflora (Engl. & K.Krause) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena volkensii
(Gürke) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania
23 ZAI 24 SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha polyrhytis Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 423 (1932)
= Sansevieria intermedia N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 83 (1914)
= Sansevieria polyrhytis (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 41(3 Suppl.): 1570 (1971)
= Sansevieria quarrei De Wild.; É. A. J. De Wildeman, Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 4: 4 (1932)
= Sansevieria volkensii Gürke; Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 144 (1895)
species :
Dracaena wakaensis
Damen & Quiroz; Blumea 63(1): 46 (2018)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Dracaena waltersiae
Damen; Blumea 63(1): 47 (2018)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo; Central African Republic
23 CAF GAB
species :
Dracaena xiphophylla
Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 449 (1885)
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores [I]
29 com MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele xiphophylla (Baker) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
species :
Dracaena yuccifolia
Ridl.; J. Bot.,. 168 (1896)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (north of Malaya)
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleomele umbraculifera N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914), non (Jacq.) Planch.
species :
Dracaena yumbiensis
(T.G.Forrest & T.C.Cole) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2024(1): 1 (2024)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Sansevieria yumbiensis T.G.Forrest & T.C.Cole; Sansevieria 48: 12 (2022)
species :
Dracaena zebra
Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: W-Cameroon; Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); La Réunion [I]; Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Jaluit [I])
23 CMN 26 MLW MOZ 27 SAF 29 reu 62 mrs plu
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha metallica (Gérôme & Labroy) Chiov.; Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 58 (1940)
= Dracaena zebra var. nyasica (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018)
= Sansevieria metallica Gérôme & Labroy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par., 173 (1903)
= Sansevieria metallica var. longituba N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 247 (1915)
= Sansevieria metallica var. nyasica N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 247 (1915)
species :
Dracaena zeylanica
(L.) Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1101 (2017)
Distribution: Mauritius [I]; S-India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I])
29 mau 40 ban IND SRL 41 lao mya 81 vir
Synonyms: hidden
= Acyntha zeylanica (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891)
= Aletris hyacinthoides var. zeylanica (L.) Jacq.; (1762)
= Aletris zeylanica (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. VIII. n. 4 (1768)
= Aloe hyacinthoides var. zeylanica L.; Sp. Pl.: 321 (1753)
= Aloe zeylanica (L.) Jacq.; Hort. Vind. 310 (1762)
= Cordyline zeylanica (L.) Britton; Bot. Porto Rico 6: 529 (1930)
= Sansevieria ceylonica Oken; Allg. Naturgesch. 3(1): 565 (1841)
= Sansevieria ensifolia Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 66 (1812)
= Sansevieria grandicuspis Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 67 (1812)
= Sansevieria indica Herter; Estud. Bot. Reg. Urug. 24 (Fl. Urug. 7-8) 218 (1956)
= Sansevieria pumila Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 67 (1812)
= Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl. 2: 159 (1799)
