Dracaena

genus of plants

Species

Genus

PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae

Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi

Observations38,751

General: recorded in New Guinea: Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs.

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Research

392 papers

Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities of Dracaena cinnabari Resin.BioMed research international · 2021
Dragon's Blood from Dracaena Worldwide: Species, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology.The American journal of Chinese medicine · 2021
FISH-Based Karyotype Analyses of Four Dracaena Species.Cytogenetic and genome research · 2021
Phenolic constituents, pharmacological activities, quality control, and metabolism of Dracaena species: A review.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2019
Structures and Bioactivities of Steroidal Saponins Isolated from the Genera Dracaena and Sansevieria.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Dracaena
taxon name: Dracaena
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3962
Commons gallery: Dracaena
taxon common name: 龙血树属
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL: naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Dracaena

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Dracaena is a genus of about 200–220 species of trees and succulent shrubs. The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It has also formerly been separated (sometimes with Cordyline) into the family Dracaenaceae or kept in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae).

The name dracaena is derived from the Latinised form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα – drakaina, "female dragon".