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December 2021

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Dracaena Vand. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Mant. Pl. : 9 (1767)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000012499.

Synonyms of Dracaena

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Draco Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor. : 13 (1768) wfo-4000012508
Drakaina – – wfo-4000012531
Pleomele Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 245 (1796) wfo-4000030269
Sansevieria Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 65 (1794) wfo-4000033956
Chrysodracon P.L.Lu & Morden Syst. Bot. 39: 101 (2014) wfo-4000045213

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Dracaena:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena compacta hort. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 540. 1875 wfo-0001353292
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena ehrenbergii hort. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 538. 1875 wfo-0001353293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena erythrorrhachis hort. ex Vilmorin Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1060, in syn. 1895 wfo-0001353294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena fintelmannii hort. ex Regel Gartenflora (1871) 149; et Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. (1880) 222. wfo-0001353295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena jackiana Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5145. [1831-32] wfo-0001353296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena jamesii hort. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 14: 629. 1893 wfo-0001353297
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena plicata Wall. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 675, nomen. 1845 wfo-0001353298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena thomsonii T.Moore & Mast. Gard. Chron. n.s., 14: 656, 690. 1880 wfo-0001353299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena veitchii hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1061, in syn. 1895 wfo-0001353300
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena venenata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 13. (Quid ?). 1790 wfo-0001353301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dracaena violascens hort. ex Vilmorin Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1062, in syn. 1895 wfo-0001353302