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Taxon:  Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.



Summary
Genus:
Dracaena
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Nolinoideae
Nomen number:
14636
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1081. 1808
Verified:
11/05/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Aletris fragrans L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch.
Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dracaena deremensis Engl.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bos, J. J. et al. 1992. Wild and cultivated Dracaena fragrans. Edinburgh J. Bot. 49:311-331.
  3. Bos, J. J. 1984. Dracaena in West Africa. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1:69-76.
  4. Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
  5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 Note: cult.
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  8. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  9. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Oliver, D. et al., eds. v. 1-3, & W. T. Thiselton Dyer et al., eds. v. 4-10. Flora of tropical Africa. 1868-1937
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  14. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  15. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991 Note: = Pleomele fragrans
  16. Täckholm, V. & M. Drar. Flora of Egypt. 1954-
  17. Vásquez M., R. et al. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):68.
  18. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
Spanish
palmillo –
Swedish
doftdracena –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Nigeria, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental


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