Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Asparagaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Dracaena Vand. ex L., Mant. Pl. 9, 63 (1767)
Synonymy:
  • = Sansevieria Thunb. (1794)
  • = Terminalis Medik. (1786)
Type Taxon:
Dracaena draco (L.) L.
 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Dracaena Vand. ex L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Casual1
Total1
 Bibliography
Brummitt, R.K. 1992: Vascular plant families and genera. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England .
Linnaeus, C. 1767: Mantissa Plantarum. Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Takawira-Nyenya, R.; Mucina, L.; Cardinal-McTeague, W.N.; Thiele, K.R. 2018: Sansevieria (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae) is a herbaceous clade within Dracaena: inference from non-coding plastid and nuclear DNA sequence data. Phytotaxa 376(2): 254–276.