Dracaena: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Dracaena
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dracaena (plant)
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".
The Plants of the World Online database accepts 214 species as of September 2025. The majority of the species are native to Africa (including the Canary Islands and Socotra), southern Asia, and northern Australia, but also seven species in Hawai'i, and two in tropical Central America.
...Dracaena in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Draakpalms
- Chinese
- 龍血樹屬 (虎斑木屬)
- Czech
- dračinec
- Czech
- dracéna
- Danish
- dracæna
- English
- Dragon Trees
- French
- Dracéna
- German
- Drachenbäume
- Italian
- Dracena
- Japanese
- リュウケツジュ属
- Japanese
- ドラセナ属
- Lithuanian
- Dracena
- Polish
- Dracena
- Russian
- Драцена
- Swedish
- dracenor
- Thai
- สกุล วาสนา
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Dracaena acaulis
- Dracaena acutissima
- Dracaena adamii
- Dracaena afromontana
- Dracaena aletriformis
- Dracaena americana
- Dracaena angustifolia
- Dracaena aubryana
- Dracaena bhitalae
- Dracaena bicolor
- Dracaena borneensis
- Dracaena brachyphylla
- Dracaena brachystachys
- Dracaena braunii
- Dracaena breviflora
- Dracaena bueana
- Dracaena bukedea
- Dracaena bushii
- Dracaena calocephala
- Dracaena cambodiana
- Dracaena camerooniana
- Dracaena cantleyi
- Dracaena cerasifera
- Dracaena chahinianii
- Dracaena chiniana
- Dracaena cincta
- Dracaena cinnabari
- Dracaena cochinchinensis
- Dracaena concinna
- Dracaena conferta
- Dracaena congoensis
- Dracaena cristula
- Dracaena cubensis
- Dracaena curtisii
- Dracaena cuspidata
- Dracaena draco
- Dracaena ellenbeckiana
- Dracaena elliptica
- Dracaena finlaysonii
- Dracaena floribunda
- Dracaena fontanesiana
- Dracaena fragrans
- Dracaena glomerata
- Dracaena goldieana
- Dracaena granulata
- Dracaena griffithii
- Dracaena haemanthoides
- Dracaena halemanuensis
- Dracaena hewittii
- Dracaena hokouensis
- Dracaena hosei
- Dracaena impressivenia
- Dracaena jayniana
- Dracaena kaweesakii
- Dracaena kenyensis
- Dracaena kirkii
- Dracaena kupensis
- Dracaena laevifolia
- Dracaena lancea
- Dracaena lancifolia
- Dracaena lavranii
- Dracaena laxissima
- Dracaena longifolia
- Dracaena maingayi
- Dracaena mannii
- Dracaena marina
- Dracaena mokoko
- Dracaena multiflora
- Dracaena nitens
- Dracaena novoguineensis
- Dracaena nyangensis
- Dracaena ombet
- Dracaena ovata
- Dracaena pachyphylla
- Dracaena parviflora
- Dracaena penangensis
- Dracaena pendula
- Dracaena perrottetii
- Dracaena petiolata
- Dracaena phanerophlebia
- Dracaena phrynioides
- Dracaena porteri
- Dracaena praetermissa
- Dracaena purpurea
- Dracaena reflexa
- Dracaena rosulata
- Dracaena sanderiana
- Dracaena sarawakensis
- Dracaena scabra
- Dracaena serrulata
- Dracaena siamica
- Dracaena singapurensis
- Dracaena specksii
- Dracaena spicata
- Dracaena steudneri
- Dracaena surculosa
- Dracaena tamaranae
- Dracaena terniflora
- Dracaena tholloniana
- Dracaena thwaitesii
- Dracaena timorensis
- Dracaena transvaalensis
- Dracaena umbraculifera
- Dracaena umbratica
- Dracaena usambarensis
- Dracaena viridiflora
- Dracaena wakaensis
- Dracaena waltersiae
- Dracaena xiphophylla
- Dracaena yuccifolia
- Dracaena × masseffiana
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