Dracaena nitens

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 nitens

Name

Dracaena nitens (Welw.) ex Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 252 (1878).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dracaena reflexa var. nitens (Welw. ex Baker) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 441 (1898).
  • Pleomele nitens (Welw. ex Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914).
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena reflexa var. buchneri Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96 (1902).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G. 1880. Report on the Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Hypoxidaceae and Haemodoraceae of Welwitsch’s Angolan Herbarium. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ser. 2, 1(5): 245–275  (252!). BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena nitens. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena nitens 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 nitens. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2019.

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