Dracaena surculosa

Dracaena surculosa var. maculata

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 surculosa
Varietates: D. s. var. maculata – D. s. var. surculosa

Name

Dracaena surculosa Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1169. (1828)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Draco surculosa (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Pleomele surculosa (Lindl.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279. (1914)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Togo Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon; Gulf of Guinea Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lindley, J., 1828. Botanical Register 14 t. 1169:[1].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena surculosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 27. Reference page. 
• Bos, J.J. 1984, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1: 1-126.:[2]
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena surculosa. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena surculosa. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 27 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracaena surculosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 27.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena surculosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: gold dust dracaena

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