Taxon: Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.

Common names:

• palmillo   (Source: F Mesoamer ) – Spanish
  
• doftdracena   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Nigeria; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bos, J. J. et al. 1992. Wild and cultivated Dracaena fragrans. Edinburgh J. Bot. 49:311–331.
• Bos, J. J. 1984. Dracaena in West Africa. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84–1:69–76.
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. [cult.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Oliver, D. et al., eds. v. 1-3, & W. T. Thiselton Dyer et al., eds. v. 4-10. 1868–1937. Flora of tropical Africa.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. [= Pleomele fragrans].
• Täckholm, V. & M. Drar. 1954–. Flora of Egypt.
• Vásquez M., R. et al. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):68.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Dracaena fragrans.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dracaena fragrans.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Dracaena fragrans.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Aletris fragrans L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Dracaena deremensis Engl.
  
• (≡) Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.:

• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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