Asparagaceae
Dracaena

Dracaena aubryana Brongn.

First published in Belgique Hort. 10: 348 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Dracenaceae, Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua, Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Shrub 0.4–2.5 m high, usually unbranched; stem erect, often twisted spirally
Morphology Leaves
Leaves distichous, often asymmetric, ovate to narrowly ovate, 10–40(–60) cm long, (1.5–)4–10(–15) cm wide, base rounded or cuneate, apex acute to cuspidate; petiole 5–30(–100) cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence erect, spicate or paniculate, 9–70 cm long, unbranched or with a few branches near the base; flowers in groups of 1–3(–7) on distinct knobs with a single triangular bract to 10 mm long; pedicel 0–2 mm long, articulated below the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white or greenish-white, each lobe often with purple-red central band, (10–)15–30(–55) mm long, tube 5–10(–30) mm long, lobes 10–20 mm long, to 2.5 mm wide
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits shiny bright orange, deeply 1–3-lobed, lobes ovoid, 8–18 mm long, 4–9 mm in diameter; seeds dirty white, ovoid, 6–14 mm wide, 5–7 mm long.
Distribution
West and Central Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa and Angola
Ecology
Moist forest; may be locally common; 600–850 m
Conservation
Least concern
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Agavaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968

Morphology General Habit
A herb with imbricated leaf bases on a very short stem
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
An inflorescence about 1 ft. high, shorter than the leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small and green
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits greenish yellow or red
Ecology
In forest.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
None recorded
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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