Dracaena draco

Dracaena draco, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Canary Islands

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
Genus: Dracaena draco

Name

Dracaena draco (L.) L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 246 (1767).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asparagus draco L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 451 (1762).
    • Type locality: "Habitat in India orientali." [in error]
    • Lectotypus: (designated by Bos in Jarvis & a!., Regnum Veg. 127: 43 (1993)): [icon] "Draco" in Clusius, Rariorum Plantarum Historia 1: 1, (1601).
• Homotypic
  • Draco arbor Garsault, Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 90 (1764), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Draco dragonalis Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 14 (1768), nom. illeg.
  • Palma draco (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 11 (1768).
  • Stoerkia draco (L.) Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 25 (1768).
  • Dracaena resinifera Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 253 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Drakaina draco (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 17 (1838).
  • Yucca draco (L.) Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 8: 389 (1859).
  • Draco draco (L.) Linding., Abh. Auslandsk., Reihe C, Naturwiss. 8: 309 (1926), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Yucca draconis L., Amoen. Acad. 3: 407 (1756), nom. illeg.
  • Draco dragonalis Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 14 (1768), nom. illeg.
  • Oedera dragonalis Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 30 (1768).
  • Draco clusii Crantz, Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 13 (1768).
  • Oedera cranziana Berens, Diss. Drac. Arb. Clus.: xlvii (1770).
  • Stoerkia cranziana Berens, Diss. Drac. Arb. Clus.: xlvi (1770).
  • Dracaena yucciformis Vand., Fasc. Pl.: 12 (1771).
  • Dracaena resinifera Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 253 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Dracaena boerhaavei Ten., Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 4: 34 (1823).
  • Dracaena draco var. strictifolia Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825).
  • Dracaena draco var. laxifolia Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825).
  • Dracaena draco var. pendulifolia Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825).
  • Dracaena draco var. angustifolia Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 337 (1829).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain (Gibraltar; introduced). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco, Tunisia (introduced). Regional: Macaronesia Azores (Corvo, Flores; introduced), Canary Islands (La Palma, Tenerife), Madeira (Madeira, Porto Santo). Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 2 (Regnum vegetabile): 736 + 15 pp. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. 1985. Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103. Reference page. 
• Albano, P.-O. 2003. La Connaissance des Plantes Exotiques. 324 pp. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
• Mwachala, G. & Mbugua, P.K. 2007. Dracaenaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1–43.
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Jarvis, C.E., Barrie, F.R., Allan, D.M. & Reveal, J.L. 1993. A List of Linnaean Generic Names and their Types. Regnum Vegetabile 127: 1–100. Reference page. 
• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, p. 487. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dracaena draco in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Dracaena draco. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Mar 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Dracaena draco. Published online. Accessed: 15 Mar 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Dracaena draco. Accessed: 15 Mar 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Dracaena draco in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 15.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena draco. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.

Vernacular names

čeština: Dračinec dračí
Deutsch: Kanarischer Drachenbaum
English: Canary Islands Dragon Tree
español: Drago
suomi: Kanariantraakkipuu
français: Dragonnier des Canaries
magyar: Kanári sárkányfa
italiano: Albero del drago
Türkçe: Ejder ağacı

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