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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Dracaena Vand.

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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Dracaena

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acyntha Medik. Theodora: 76 (1786) wfo-4000000549
Draco Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor. : 13 (1768) wfo-4000012508
Drakaina Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 17. 1838 [1836 publ. mid-1838] wfo-4000012531
Nemampsis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 16 (1838) wfo-4000025531
Pleomele Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 245 (1796) wfo-4000030269
Sanseverinia Petagna Inst. Bot. 3: 643 (1787) wfo-4000033954
Sansevieria Petagna Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 65 (1794) wfo-4000033956
Stoerkia Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 25 (1768) wfo-4000036764
Terminalis Medik. Theodora 83. 1786. wfo-4000037803
Chrysodracon P.L.Lu & Morden Syst. Bot. 39: 101 (2014) wfo-4000045213

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link