Dracaena laxissima

Dracaena laxissima

Dracaena laxissima

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 laxissima

Name

Dracaena laxissima Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 478. (1892) This name is accepted.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena elegans Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 665 (1897).
  • Pleomele elegans (Hua) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914).
  • Dracaena bequaertii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 37 (1921).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Republic of the Congo; Rwanda Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Engler, H.G.A., 1892. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 15: 478[1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dracaena laxissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 26. Reference page. 
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dracaena laxissima. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13.
• Bos, J.J. 1984, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dracaena laxissima. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 26 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracaena laxissima in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 26.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dracaena laxissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

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