Dracaena acutissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Dracaeneae
Genus: Dracaena
Species: Dracaena acutissima

Name

Dracaena acutissima Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun x. 669. (1897)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pleomele acutissima (Hua) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277. (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena laurentii De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent: 42. (1905)
  • Dracaena laurentii var. linearifolia De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 6. (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Republic of the Congo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hua, H. 1897. Contributions à la Flore du Congo Français, famille des Liliacées. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun 10: 669.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena acutissima. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.
• Damen, T.H.J., Van der Burg, W.J, Wiland-Szymańska, J. & Sosef, M.S.M. 2018. Taxonomic novelties in African Dracaena (Dracaenaceae). Blumea 63(1): 31–53. DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2018.63.01.05 . Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena acutissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena acutissima. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena acutissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2019.