      
Taxon: Dracaena draco (L.) L.
Genus: Dracaena
Family: Ruscaceae. Also placed in:
Agavaceae
Dracaenaceae
Nomen number: 14634
Place of publication: Syst. nat. ed. 12, 2:246. 1767
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 23-May-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Sep-2005
No species priority site assigned.
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NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
- dracena (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
- dragontree (Source: Websters Dict
)
- sangue-de-dragão (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
- More:
- Environmental: ornamental (fide Bramwell & Bramwell 1974)
- Native:
- AFRICA
Macaronesia: Cape Verde; Portugal - Madeira Islands [Madeira]; Spain - Canary Islands [Gran Canaria & Tenerife], Canary Islands
Northern Africa: Morocco
- Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
- Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
- Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
- Lems, K.
1960. Floristic botany of the Canary islands. (L Canar)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
- Marrero, A. et al.
1998. A new species of the wild dragon tree, Dracaena (Dracaenaceae) from Gran Canaria and its taxonomic and biogeographic implications.
Bot. J. Linn. Soc.
128:292.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
- Täckholm, V. & M. Drar.
1954–. Flora of Egypt. (F EgyptT&D)
- Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other databases for Dracaena draco (L.) L.:
- ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
- Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed
citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Note: Defaults to a search by genus
or species epithet if species binomial not found.
Images:
- Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14634 (21 November 2009)
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