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OverviewAI-generated
Dracaena is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon was described by Vandelli ex Linnaeus in 1767 and is currently accepted. Common names for the group include Dragon trees, Traakkipuut eli lohikäärmepuut, Dracenasläktet, and Drachenbäume. The type species is Dracaena draco, and Sansevieria is listed as a synonym.
The genus is native to regions including Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, and Burundi. Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs is recorded in New Guinea. While one source lists a species with the common name Ti, the primary taxonomic rank for the subject is genus.
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Species
Ti
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
General: recorded in New Guinea: Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,949
- With media
- 1,499
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, CICY, NY, US, IBUNAM
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Belice, Mexico, China, United States, Madagascar, Indonesia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
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
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Dracaena draco.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Dracaena
- taxon name
- Dracaena
- topic's main category
- Category:Dracaena (plant)
- Commons gallery
- Dracaena
- taxon common name
- 龙血树属
- taxonomic type
- Dracaena draco
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL
- naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Dracaena
- homonymous taxon
- Dracaena
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
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