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. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Bos, J. J. et al. 1992. Wild and cultivated Dracaena fragrans. Edinburgh J. Bot. 49:311-331.
  4. Bos, J. J. 1984. Dracaena in West Africa. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 84-1:69-76.
  5. Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
  6. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: cult.
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  8. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  9. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  10. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  11. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  13. Oliver, D. et al., eds. v. 1-3, & W. T. Thiselton Dyer et al., eds. v. 4-10. 1868-1937. Flora of tropical Africa.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
  16. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Pleomele fragrans
  17. Täckholm, V. & M. Drar. 1954-. Flora of Egypt.
  18. Vásquez Martínez, 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.
  19. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
Spanish palmillo 2 Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: cult.
Swedish doftdracena 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Nigeria, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14636. Accessed 7 July 2024.