Dracaena bicolor

Dracaena bicolor

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 bicolor

Name

Dracaena bicolor Hook., Bot. Mag. 87: t. 5248. (1861)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Draco bicolor (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Pleomele bicolor (Hook.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 277. (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena cylindrica Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 96: t. 5846. (1870)
  • Dracaena densifolia Baker, J. Bot. 12: 165. (1874)
  • Draco cylindrica (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Draco densifolia (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710. (1891)
  • Dracaena preussii Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 477. (1892)
  • Dracaena talbotii Rendle, Cat. Pl. Oban: 112. (1913)
  • Pleomele cylindrica (Hook.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278. (1914)
  • Pleomele densifolia (Baker) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278. (1914)
  • Pleomele talbotii (Rendle) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279. (1914)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Republic of the Congo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hooker, W.J. 1861. Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed 87: t. 5248.[1]
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena bicolor. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.
• Bos, J.J. 1984, Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 84-1: 1-126.:[2]
• 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. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena bicolor 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 bicolor. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2019.
• Sosef, M.S.M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1–438.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena bicolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar. 2019.

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