- Family:
- Asparagaceae Juss.
Dracaena Vand. ex L.

[FTEA]
Dracenaceae, Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua, Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2007
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees, shrubs, sometimes scandent, or herbs; roots often orange
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, distichous or spirally arranged, sometimes in pseudo-whorls, sessile, the base often (semi-)amplexicaul; primary venation parallel
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence usually a terminal panicle, occasionally appearing racemose by reduction of primary branches; pedicel of a peg-like basal part crowned by a distinct joint, and an obconical receptacle, persistent in fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers fragrant, nocturnal; tubular, with 6 recurving lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens inserted in the throat, with inflated filaments; anthers versatile, opening by lateral slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style filiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a berry, 1–3-seeded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds rounded, bony, white.
- Distribution
- At least 60 species, mainly in Africa and SE Asia.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Plants with a ± woody trunk, sometimes trees; roots usually orange
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle with short or long branches; flowers 2 or more to each floral bract
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually small, fragrant and opening at night; free parts of tepals spreading or recurved, white or greenish, sometimes with a reddish midrib
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments slender or thickened
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a globose, sometimes lobed, red, orange or yellow berry containing 1–3 seeds.
- Distribution
- Over 150 species, the majority in Africa.
[FTEA]
Dracenaceae, Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua, Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2007
- Note
- {i}Sansevieria {/i}has been variously spelled as {i}Sanseviera{/i}, {i}Sanseverinia {/i}or {i}Sanseverina {/i}in early publications, but the name {i}Sansevieria {/i}was conserved in 1904 by Harms (Marais, 1973).
- Morphology General Habit
- Acaulescent to shrubby, evergreen, fleshy, very drought-hardy perennials; strongly rhizomatous and forming colonies; glabrous in all parts
- Morphology Stem
- Stem absent or present and to 1.5 m high; rhizomes subterranean, on surface or aerial, terete, thick, fibrous, articulated, bearing strongly clasping catapylls
- Morphology Roots
- Roots sometimes produced from undersurface of aerial shoots
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile, rosulate, distichous or spiral, one to many, flat, crescentic to cylindrical, most with a groove on adaxial side; concolorous or with irregular transverse colour bands; lamina edge fibrous, variously coloured; apex subulate, horny, sharp or with a fragile spine; juvenile leaves flat or crescentic (even for cylindrical-leafed species), thin to thick, succulent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a spikelike raceme, a panicle or corymbose-capitate, usually terminal, but a few lateral
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 1–2 or more per cluster, subsessile, in irregular clusters along the scape, opening haphazardly above and below, opening towards evening and for one night only, scented; with one or two major membraneous or thin scaly bract(s) subtending each cluster, one per flower
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth greenish white to pinkish green; tube cylindric, glabrous; segments 6, subequal, spreading, linear; stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-lobes; filaments filiform, usually longer than the lobes; anthers versatile, linear-oblong, dorsifixed, dehiscing longitudinally; ovary superior, free, globose, 3celled; ovules erect, solitary in each of the three chambers; style long, filiform; stigma capitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a berry, membranous, soon bursting; seeds 1–3, globose; testa lax, fleshy; embryo straight, placed near the base of the albumen.
- Distribution
- A genus of about 50 species from Africa, Madagascar and Arabia.
Native to:
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Panamá, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Ascension, Azores, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Cook Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Madeira, Marianas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Zealand North, Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Venezuelan Antilles, Wake I., Windward Is.
- Dracaena acaulis Baker
- Dracaena acutissima Hua
- Dracaena adamii Hepper
- Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.
- Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos
- Dracaena angolensis (Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb.
- Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link
- Dracaena arborescens (Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena ascendens (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena aubryana Brongn. ex É.Morren
- Dracaena aubrytiana (Carrière) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena aurea H.Mann
- Dracaena bacularis (Pfennig ex A.Butler & Jankalski) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena bagamoyensis (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena ballyi (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena bhitalae (R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena bicolor Hook.
- Dracaena borneensis (Merr.) Jankalski
- Dracaena brachyphylla Kurz
- Dracaena brachystachys Hook.f.
- Dracaena braunii Engl.
- Dracaena breviflora Ridl.
- Dracaena bueana Engl.
- Dracaena bugandana Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena bukedea Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena burdettii (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena burmanica (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena bushii Damen
- Dracaena calocephala Bos
- Dracaena cambodiana Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Dracaena camerooniana Baker
- Dracaena canaliculata (Carrière) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena cantleyi Baker
- Dracaena caulescens (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena cerasifera Hua
- Dracaena chahinianii (R.H.Webb & Myklebust) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena chiniana I.M.Turner
- Dracaena cincta Baker
- Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f.
- Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C.Chen
- Dracaena concinna Kunth
- Dracaena conferta Ridl.
- Dracaena congoensis Hua
- Dracaena conspicua (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena cristula W.Bull
- Dracaena cubensis Vict.
- Dracaena curtisii Ridl.
- Dracaena cuspidata Ridl.
- Dracaena dawei (Stapf) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena dhofarica (T.A.McCoy & Lavranos) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena dooneri (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena downsii (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena draco (L.) L.
- Dracaena dumetescens (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena ebracteata (Cav.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena eilensis (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl.
- Dracaena elliptica Thunb. & Dalm.
- Dracaena erythraeae (Mattei) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena fasciata (Cornu ex Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski
- Dracaena finlaysonii Baker
- Dracaena floribunda Baker
- Dracaena fontanesiana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Dracaena forbesii (O.Deg.) Jankalski
- Dracaena forskaliana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.
- Dracaena francisii (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena frequens (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena ghiesbreghtii W.Bull ex J.J.Blandy
- Dracaena glomerata Baker
- Dracaena goldieana Bullen ex Mast. & T.Moore
- Dracaena gracillima (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena granulata Hook.f.
- Dracaena griffithii Regel
- Dracaena haemanthoides Bos ex Damen
- Dracaena halapepe (H.St.John) Jankalski
- Dracaena halemanuensis Jankalski
- Dracaena hallii (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena hanningtonii Baker
- Dracaena hargeisana (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena hewittii Ridl.
- Dracaena hokouensis G.Z.Ye
- Dracaena hosei (Ridl.) Jankalski
- Dracaena humiflora (D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena hyacinthoides (L.) Mabb.
- Dracaena impressivenia Yu H.Yan & H.J.Guo
- Dracaena itumei (Mbugua) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena jayniana Wilkin & Suksathan
- Dracaena kaweesakii Wilkin & Suksathan
- Dracaena kindtiana De Wild.
- Dracaena kirkii Baker
- Dracaena konaensis (H.St.John) Jankalski
- Dracaena kupensis Mwachala, Cheek, Eb.Fisch. & Muasya
- Dracaena laevifolia (R.H.Webb & L.E.Newton) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena lancea Thunb. & Dalm.
- Dracaena lancifolia (Ridl.) Jankalski
- Dracaena lavranii (R.H.Webb & Myklebust) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena laxissima Engl.
- Dracaena liberica (Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena longiflora (Sims) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena longifolia Ridl.
- Dracaena longistyla (la Croix) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena lunatifolia (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena maingayi Hook.f.
- Dracaena malawiana Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena mannii Baker
- Dracaena marina Bos ex Damen
- Dracaena masoniana (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena mokoko Mwachala & Cheek
- Dracaena multiflora Warb. ex P.Sarasin & Sarasin
- Dracaena neobella N.Wei, Mwachala, G.W.Hu & Q.F.Wang
- Dracaena newtoniana (T.G.Forrest) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena nilotica (Baker) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena nitens Welw. ex Baker
- Dracaena nitida (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs
- Dracaena nyangensis Pellegr.
- Dracaena ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.
- Dracaena ovata Ker Gawl.
- Dracaena pachyphylla Kurz
- Dracaena parva (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena parviflora Baker
- Dracaena pearsonii (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena pedicellata (la Croix) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena penangensis Ridl.
- Dracaena pendula Ridl.
- Dracaena perrotii (O.Warburg) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena perrottetii Baker
- Dracaena pethera Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena petiolata Hook.f.
- Dracaena pfisteri (D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena phanerophlebia Baker
- Dracaena phillipsiae (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena phrynioides Hook.
- Dracaena pinguicula (P.R.O.Bally) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena porteri Baker
- Dracaena powellii (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena powysii (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena praetermissa Bos
- Dracaena purpurea (Ridl.) Jankalski
- Dracaena raffillii (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena reflexa Lam.
- Dracaena rockii (H.St.John) Jankalski
- Dracaena rosulata Mwachala & Eb.Fisch.
- Dracaena roxburghiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena sambiranensis (H.Perrier) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena sanderiana Mast.
- Dracaena sarawakensis (W.W.Sm.) Jankalski
- Dracaena scabra Bos
- Dracaena scimitariformis (D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena senegambica (Baker) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena serpenta Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena serrulata Baker
- Dracaena siamica Ridl.
- Dracaena singapurensis Ridl.
- Dracaena singularis (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena sinus-simiorum (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena spathulata Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena specksii (R.H.Webb & Myklebust) Takaw.-Ny. & Mucina
- Dracaena spicata Roxb.
- Dracaena steudneri Engl.
- Dracaena stuckyi (God.-Leb.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena subspicata (Baker) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena subtilis (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena suffruticosa (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena surculosa Lindl.
- Dracaena tamaranae Marrero Rodr., R.S.Almeira & M.Gonzáles-Martin
- Dracaena terniflora Roxb.
- Dracaena testudinea Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena tholloniana Hua
- Dracaena thwaitesii Regel
- Dracaena timorensis Kunth
- Dracaena transvaalensis Baker
- Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb.
- Dracaena umbraculifera Jacq.
- Dracaena umbratica Ridl.
- Dracaena usambarensis Engl.
- Dracaena varians (N.E.Br.) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena viridiflora Engl. & K.Krause
- Dracaena volkensii (Gürke) Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena wakaensis Damen & Quiroz
- Dracaena waltersiae Damen
- Dracaena xiphophylla Baker
- Dracaena yuccifolia Ridl.
- Dracaena zebra Byng & Christenh.
- Dracaena zeylanica (L.) Mabb.
Dracaena Vand. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Meikle, R.D. [782], Nigeria | 34228.000 | No | |||
Cameroon | 34546.000 | No | |||
Du Puy, B. [MB148], Madagascar | 56378.000 | No | |||
Raynal, J. [16968], Irian Jaya | K000203787 | No | |||
Cheek, M. [7174], Cameroon | K000025662 | No | |||
Guppy, H.B. [240], Solomon Is. | K000203793 | No | |||
Ekema, N. [1191], Cameroon | K000865035 | No | |||
Nguembock, F. [29b], Cameroon | K000865027 | No | |||
Etuge, M. [1380], Cameroon | K000025667 | No | |||
Pecke, E.F. [8207], Somalia | Sansevieria | 18171.000 | No | ||
Tanner, R. [1108], Tanzania | Sansevieria | 19027.000 | No | ||
Codd, L.E. [5557], South Africa | Sansevieria | 19031.000 | No | ||
Dalziel, J.M. [162], Ghana | Sansevieria | 22190.000 | No | ||
Deighton, F.C. [5720], Ghana | Sansevieria | 34695.000 | No | ||
Sansevieria | 37982.000 | No | |||
Bally [14542], Tanzania | Sansevieria | 44061.000 | No | ||
Timberlake, J. [5337], Malawi | Sansevieria | K000614682 | No |
First published in Mant. Pl.: 9 (1767)
Accepted by
- (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.524.4.5 epublication.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Diss. (1762)
- F.T.A. 7: 436.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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- L., Mant. Pl. I: 63 (1767)
- L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, II: 246 (1767)
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