Dracaena acaulis

Dracaena acaulis

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 acaulis

Name

Dracaena acaulis Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 252 (1878).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pleomele acaulis (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277 (1914).
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena rubroaurantiaca De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 1[3]: 228 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaire. 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

• Sosef, M.S.M., Wieringa, J.J., Jongkind, C.C.H., Achoundong, G., Azizet Issembé, Y., Bedigian, D., van den Berg, R.G., Breteler, F.J., Cheek, M., Degreef, J., Faden, R.B., Goldblatt, P., van der Maesen, L.J.G., Ngok Banak, L., Niangadouma, R., Nzabi, T., Nziengui, B., Rogers, Z.S., Stévart, T., van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H., Walters, G., & de Wilde, J.J.F.E. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1–438. ISBN 90-72619-69-2 PDF (title & pp. 400–401). Reference page. 
• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. 
• 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 acaulis. 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 acaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena acaulis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracaena acaulis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2010 Aug. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena acaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2019.

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