Species
EndangeredSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toCanary Is.
Common Name: dragon tree
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- tree
- Parent taxon
- Dracaena
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- Los Dragos Gemelos - Breña Alta - La Palma 01.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P1672
- dragon's blood
- P1889
- Dracaena cinnabari
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Article
Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Macaronesia archipelago (the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Madeira; possibly introduced in the Azores) and northwestern mainland Africa.
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena.
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1762 in SpainBotanical taxa named by Carl LinnaeusDracaena (plant)Drought-tolerant treesFlora of MacaronesiaFlora of MoroccoGarden plants of AfricaHabitats Directive speciesIUCN Red List endangered speciesOrnamental treesPlants described in 1762Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added basionyms