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1109.000 Dracaena
Bos, J.J. (1992) Dracaenaceae: Dracaena Flora of Southern Africa 5(3)
La Croix, I. (2010) Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) 13-35
Description of the genus
Trees (in ours), shrubs or herbs. Leaves spirally arranged, crowded (in ours) in apical rosettes. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers whitish, fragrant, nocturnal. Perianth tubular; lobes, 6, recurved. Fruit a spherical or lobed, orange-scarlet berry. Seeds 1-3, rounded, bony. Worldwide: 60 species in the tropical Old World extending to Canary Is, 1 in Central America and 1 in Cuba Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| draco (L.) L. | Description, Image |
| ellenbeckiana Engl. | |
| fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl. | Description, Image |
| mannii Baker | Description, Image |
| steudneri Engl. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Dracaena:
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Flora of Malawi: DracaenaFlora of Mozambique: Dracaena
Flora of Zambia: Dracaena
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dracaena
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): DracaenaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Dracaena
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dracaena
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dracaena
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dracaena
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Dracaena
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