Dracaena laxissima

Dracaena laxissima
Dracaena laxissima

Taxonavigation edit

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 laxissima

Name edit

Dracaena laxissima Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 478. (1892) This name is accepted.

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Dracaena elegans Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 665 (1897).
    • Pleomele elegans (Hua) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914).
    • Dracaena bequaertii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 37 (1921).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Republic of the Congo; Rwanda
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

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