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Dracaena

The genus Dracaena is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Dracaena

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Dracaena acaulis Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena acutissima Hua Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena adamii Hepper Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena afromontana Mildbr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena americana Donn.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena × anerleyense auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena aubryana Brongn. ex E.Morren Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena aurantiaca T.Moore Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena aurea H.Mann Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena × bartetii Carrière Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena bequaertii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena × bergmanii auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena bicolor Hook. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena borneensis (Merr.) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena boscii (Hornem.) Zeyh. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena brachyphylla Kurz Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena brachystachys Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena braunii Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena breviflora Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena bueana Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena buettneri Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena calocephala Bos Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cambodiana Pierre ex Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena camerooniana Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cantleyi Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cerasifera Hua Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena chiniana I.M.Turner Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C.Chen Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena concinna Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena conferta Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena congoensis Hua Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cristula W.Bull Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cubensis Vict. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena curtisii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cuspidata Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena cuspidibracteata Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena densifolia Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena draco (L.) L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena duchneri auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena elliptica Thunb. & Dalm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena filamentosa Scan. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena finlaysonii Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena fischeri Baker Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena floribunda Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena fontanesiana Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena forbesii (O.Deg.) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena gabonica Hua Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena glomerata Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena goldieana W.Bull ex Mast. & Moore Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena granulata Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena griffithii Regel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena halaapepe (H.St.John) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena halemanuensis Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena hendersonii J.H.Veitch Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena hewittii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena × hibberdii B.S.Williams Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena hokouensis G.Z.Ye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena hosei (Ridl.) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena impressivenia Yu H.Yan & H.J.Guo Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena jaspidea Linden Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena kewensis Sander Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena kirkii Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena kochiana Regel Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena konaensis (H.St.John) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena kupensis Mwachala, Cheek, Eb.Fisch. & Muasya Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena lancea Thunb. & Dalm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena lancifolia (Ridl.) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena laxissima Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena le-testui Pellegr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena lentiginosa auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena longifolia Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena maingayi Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena mandaianum auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena mannii Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena marginata hort. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Dracaena × masseffiana Pennock ex Bos Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena multiflora Warb. ex Sarasin Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena nutans Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena nyangensis Pellegr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena oddonii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Dracaena ovata Ker Gawl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena pachyphylla Kurz Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena parrei Federer Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena parviflora Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena penangensis Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena pendula Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena perrottii Baker Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Dracaena petiolata Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena phanerophlebia Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena phrynioides Hook. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena poggei Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena porteri Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena poubellei auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena praetermissa Bos Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena purpurea (Ridl.) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena reflexa Lam. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 4
Dracaena robusta Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena rockii (H.St.John) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena rubroaurantiaca De Wild. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena sarawakensis (W.W.Sm.) Jankalski Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena scabra Bos Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena serrulata Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena siamica Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena singapurensis Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena soyauxiana Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena spicata Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena stenophylla K.Koch Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena steudneri Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena surculosa Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Dracaena talbotii Rendle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena tamaranae Marrero Rodr., R.S.Almeira & M.Gonzales-Martin Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena terniflora Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena tessmannii Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena thalioides Makoy ex E. Morris Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Dracaena thwaitesii Regel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena timorensis Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena transvaalensis Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena triandra Afzel. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena umbraculifera Jacq. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena umbratica Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena vanderystii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena venusta Planch. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena viridiflora Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena weismannii T.Moore Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena xiphophylla Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracaena yuccifolia Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 435 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dracaena. Of these 113 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 46 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Dracaena. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 435 species names for the genus Dracaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 113 26.0%
Synonym 298 68.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 24 5.5%

All names

The status of the 481 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dracaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 119 24.7%
Synonym 338 70.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 24 5.0%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 435 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dracaena, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 111 287 0 0 398 91.5%
Medium confidence 2 4 0 0 6 1.4%
Low confidence 0 7 0 24 31 7.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Dracaena is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 4 0 1 0 7 1.6%
WCSP 111 294 0 23 0 428 98.4%