Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Asparagaceae Juss.
Dracaena Vand.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (October 1767) , Mantissa Plantarum 1 :
9
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (October 1767) , Systema Naturae Edn. 12, 2 :
246
[secondary reference]
Sims, J. (1825) , Botanical Magazine 52 :
t. 2575
[secondary reference]
Rafinesque, C.S. (1838) , Flora Telluriana 4 :
17
[secondary reference]
Type:
Dracaena draco (L.) L.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
117
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
268
[secondary reference]
alternative name:
Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br.
nom. cons.
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
553
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants :
1220, 1221
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
340
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pleomele Salisb.
legitimate
Bos, J.J. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998) , Dracaenaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3 :
240-241, Fig. 72
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sansevieria Petagna
nom. et orth. cons.
taxonomic synonym:
Pleomele Salisb.
legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
287
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pleomele Salisb.
legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (2017) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 4 :
310
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sansevieria Petagna
nom. et orth. cons.
Takawira-Nyenya, R., Mucina, L., Cardinal-McTeague, W.M. & 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) :
269-270
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Terminalis Medik.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Sansevieria Petagna
nom. et orth. cons.
taxonomic synonym:
Pleomele Salisb.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Terminalis Medik.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Sanseverinia Petagna
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Sansevieria Petagna
nom. et orth. cons.
taxonomic synonym:
Pleomele Salisb.
legitimate
APC Comment:
Sansevieria is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld.
APC Dist.:
NT, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised)