Genus Dracaena Vand.


Summary
Genus number:
3962
Last updated:
29 September 2021
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Nolinoideae
Common name(s):

dracaena
Accession count:

38 (3  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • published simultaneously by Linnaeus in both Mant. pl. and Syst. nat. ed. 12, but authorship ascribed to Vandelli only in the Mantissa
  • authorship fide W. Greuter (pers. comm. via email on 4 Oct 2011)


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References:
  1. Takawira-Nyenya, R. et al. 2018. Sansevieria (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae) is a herbaceous clade within Dracaena: inference from non-coding plastid and nuclear DNA sequence data. Phytotaxa 376:254-276. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.376.6.2. Note: 17 sampled taxa form an unresolved polytomy, whereas all but one sampled Sansevieria belong to a well-supported monophyletic clade
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3962. Accessed 15 April 2026.