Dracaena camerooniana

Dracaena camerooniana

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 camerooniana

Name

Dracaena camerooniana Baker, J. Bot. 12: 166. 1874

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Draco camerooniana (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Pleomele camerooniana (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277. (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena interrupta Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 252. (1878)
  • Dracaena lecomtei Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 667. (1897)
  • Dracaena mayumbensis Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 667. (1897)
  • Dracaena silvatica Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 665. (1897)
  • Dracaena capitulifera De Wild. & T.Durand, Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 59. (1899)
  • Dracaena gentilii De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 228. (1906)
  • Dracaena oddonii De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 227. (1906)
  • Dracaena ueleensis De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 20. (1907)
  • Dracaena frommii Engl. & K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 151. (1910)
  • Dracaena odum Engl. & K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 152. (1910)
  • Pleomele interrupta (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278. (1914)
  • Pleomele lecomtei (Hua) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278. (1914)
  • Pleomele mayumbensis (Hua) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278. (1914)
  • Pleomele silvatica (Hua) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279. (1914)
  • Dracaena dundusanensis De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 5. (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Baker, J.G., 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12: 166 [1]

Links

• Bos, J.J. 1984. Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 84-1: 1-126.:[2]
• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena camerooniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena camerooniana. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 25 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracaena camerooniana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 25.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena camerooniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Dragon Tree

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