Asparagaceae
Dracaena

Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 341 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Juan Fernández Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 54: 1-132. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Enum. Hort. Berol. 1: 341(1821)
  • F.T.A. 7: 439
  • Keay, Onochie & Stanfield, Nig. Trees 2: 440 (1964).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 12, 2016 Deighton, F.C. [2453] Sierra Leone K000402202 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Schmidt, H.H.; Merello, M.; Amponsah, J.; Chintoh, M.; Kipo, A. [2186] Ghana K000402096 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Schmidt, H.H.; Merello, M.; Amponsah, J.; Chintoh, M.; Kipo, A. [2186] Ghana K000402095 Yes
Jun 1, 1987 Carvalho [2225] Equatorial Guinea K000402430 Yes
Jun 1, 1987 Carvalho [2083] Equatorial Guinea K000402432 Yes
Jun 1, 1987 Carvalho [2225] Equatorial Guinea K000402431 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Manning, S.D. [656] Cameroon K000402429 No
Jan 1, 1984 Mann [454] Nigeria K000400302 Neotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Mann [454] Nigeria K000255892 Neotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Mann [454] Nigeria K000255891 Type Yes
Jun 25, 1975 Letouzey, R. [13928] Cameroon K000402428 No
Nov 1, 1974 Satabie, B. [111] Cameroon K000402433 No
Nov 1, 1974 Satabie, B. [111] Cameroon K000402434 No
Jan 1, 1967 Bos, J.J. [2294] Liberia K000402091 Yes
Jan 25, 1966 Morton; Gledhill [SL2931] Sierra Leone K000402090 Yes
Jan 3, 1966 Morton; Gledhill [SL3022] Sierra Leone K000402089 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Fleury, F. [26662] K000523110 Yes
Nov 17, 1965 Morton, J.K. [SL 122] Sierra Leone K000255890 Isoneotype Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Roberty, G. [16138] Guinea K000402087 Yes
Dec 1, 1948 Brenan, J.P.M. [8717] Nigeria K000402099 Yes
Dec 1, 1948 Brenan, J.P.M. [8717] Nigeria K000402098 Yes
Dec 1, 1948 Brenan, J.P.M. [8717] Nigeria K000402100 Yes
De[w]ed [1133] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000402423 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [740] Nigeria K000402097 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8717] Nigeria K:SPC-05460.000 No
Moller; Quintas [107] Sao Tome and Principe K000203795 Yes
Lock; Hall [GC43791] Ghana K000402094 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI34352] Cameroon K000402426 No
Moller; Quintas [13] Sao Tome and Principe K000203796 Yes
Brunt, M [966] Cameroon K000402425 No
Lebrun, J. [1411] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000402424 Yes
Brunt, M. [966] Cameroon K:SPC-26917.000 No
Linder, D.H. [654] Liberia K000402092 Yes
Louis [1326] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000402422 Yes
Bos, J.J. [4362] Cameroon K000402427 No
Burbidge, K. [483] Sierra Leone K000402088 Yes
Cummins, H.A. [167] K000402093 Yes
Welwitch [3737] Angola K000523112 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000203797 Yes
Brunt, M [966] Cameroon K000402101 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0