Dracaena (genus plantarum)

Dracaena (ex Graeco δράκαινα 'draco femineus') est genus in fere quadraginta arborum et fruticum sucosorum speciebus in familia Ruscacearum in systemate APG II classificatarum, vel, secundum nonnullos, segregatarum (aliquando cum cordyline) in sua propria familia, Dracaenaceis, vel inter Agavaceas. Maior specierum pars est in Africa endemica.

 Species 

Dracaenae dividi possunt in duo catervas secundum modum auctus.
Arbores draconis
 Dracaena americana, arbor draconis Americae Centralis
 Dracaena arborea, arbor draconis communis
 Dracaena cinnabari, arbor draconis Dioscoridis InsulaeVide lemma "Dioscoridis Ins. apud Lexicon Universale Hofmann, ubi dicitur "DIOSCORIDIS Ins. Zocotora; in Afr. in mari Azanio, ubi definit Erythraeum (...)".
 Dracaena draco, arbor draconis Canariarum Insularum
 Dracaena ombet, arbor draconis Gabal Elba

Dracaenae fruticosae
 Dracaena aletriformis
 Dracaena bicolor
 Dracaena cincta
 Dracaena concinna
 Dracaena elliptica
 Dracaena deremensis
 Dracaena fragrans
 Dracaena goldieana
 Dracaena hookeriana
 Dracaena mannii
 Dracaena marginata
 Dracaena marmorata
 Dracaena phrynioides
 Dracaena reflexa, dracaena pleomele, vel "carmen Indiae"
 Dracaena sanderiana, dracaena redimiculi, "bambusa felix" vendita
 Dracaena surculosa, dracaena maculata, vel "dracaena pulvis auri"
 Dracaena thalioides
 Dracaena umbraculifera
Notae

 Bibliographia 
 Waterhouse, J. T. 1987. "The Phylogenetic Significance of Dracaena-type growth." Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 109:129–128.
 Socotra botany. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

 Nexus externi 

 Dracaena Types. Succulents Plants.

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