Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Dracaena
Asparagaceae Juss.
Dracaena Vand. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Mantissa Plantarum 1: 9 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
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)