Checklist: Dracaenaceae

DRACAENACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

To go to the main family page, click on the family name above.

 Dracaena fragrans

Literature:   
La Croix, I. (2010) Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) 13-35  
 
Names
 
1105.000 BEAUCARNEA Lem.
NOLINA Michx.  
Beaucarnea recurvata Lem.
Beaucarnea tuberculata Roezl
Nolina recurvata (Lem.) Hemsl.
 
1106.000 DASYLIRION Zucc.
Dasylirion longissimum Lem.
Dasylirion texanum Scheele
 
1109.000 DRACAENA Vand. ex L.
Dracaena draco (L.) L.
Asparagus draco L.
Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl.
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.
Aletris fragrans L.
Dracaena deremensis Engl.
Sansevieria fragrans (L.) Jacq.
Dracaena mannii Baker
Dracaena gazensis Rendle
Dracaena nitens Welw. ex Baker
Dracaena reflexa Lam. var. nitens (Welw. ex Baker) Baker
Dracaena usambarensis Engl.
Dracaena steudneri Engl.
 
1110.000 SANSEVIERIA Thunb.
Sansevieria dooneri N.E. Br.
Sansevieria hallii Chahinian
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce
Sansevieria thyrsiflora (Petagna) Thunb.
Sansevieria pearsonii N.E. Br.
Sansevieria desertii N.E. Br.
Sansevieria rhodesiana N.E. Br.
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Dracaenaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=76, retrieved 5 December 2025

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