Asparagaceae
Dracaena

Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos

First published in Fl. S. Afr. 5(3): 3 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Mwachala, G. & Mbugua, P.K. (2007). Dracaenaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-43.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bos in Flora of Southern Africa 5, 3: 3 (1992)
  • H. J. Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 639 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 12, 2016 Vaughan, J.H. [1142] Tanzania K000523092 No
Jul 3, 2009 Verdcourt [3606] Kenya K000523087 No
Jul 3, 2009 Robertson, S.A.; Luke, Q. [4781] Kenya K000523082 No
Jul 3, 2009 Frontier Tanzania [782] Tanzania K000523089 No
Jul 3, 2009 Verdcourt [3606] Kenya K000523086 No
Jul 3, 2009 Verdcourt [3606] Kenya K000523081 No
Jul 3, 2009 Vaughan, J.H. [2203] Tanzania K000523093 No
Mar 12, 2002 Schäfer, P.A. [7206] Mozambique K000523259 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] South Africa K000523497 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Vorster, P. [2130] South Africa K000523499 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Codd, L.E. [8793] South Africa K000523498 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 s.coll. [s.n.] K000523495 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 s.coll. [s.n.] K000523496 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Schonland [290] South Africa K000523492 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Burchell [356A] South Africa K000523494 Yes
Jan 1, 1886 Drege [4494 a] South Africa K000255951 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000523493 Yes
Edwards, D. [1748] South Africa Dracaena latifolia K000523487 Yes
Bachmann, F. [250] Dracaena latifolia K000523481 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Dracaena latifolia K000523484 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Dracaena latifolia K000523483 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Dracaena latifolia K000523485 Yes
Codd, L.E. [6405] South Africa Dracaena latifolia K000523486 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.-D. [1851] South Africa Dracaena latifolia K000523488 Yes
Horne [22/103] Mauritius Dracaena latifolia K000523482 No
Verdoorn, R. [16] South Africa Dracaena hookeriana K000523477 Yes
Nichols, G. [988] South Africa Dracaena hookeriana K:SPC-65531.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Dracaena hookeriana K000523479 Yes
Pegler, A. [905] South Africa Dracaena hookeriana K000523480 Yes
Ballenden [s.n.] South Africa Dracaena hookeriana K000523478 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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