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Dracaena (plant)

Index Dracaena (plant)

Dracaena (derived from the romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα – drakaina, "female dragon") is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs. [1]

53 relations: Agavoideae, Ancient Greek, APG IV system, Asparagaceae, Asparagales, Asparagus asparagoides, Bamboo, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Carl Linnaeus, Cordyline, Cordyline australis, Cordyline fruticosa, Cordyline indivisa, Cordyline obtecta, Cordyline stricta, Daemonorops, Desert, Dicotyledon, Domenico Vandelli, Dracaena aletriformis, Dracaena aurea, Dracaena cinnabari, Dracaena draco, Dracaena fragrans, Dracaena kaweesakii, Dracaena mannii, Dracaena reflexa, Dracaena sanderiana, Dracaena serrulata, Dracaena umbraculifera, Dragon's blood, Family (biology), Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Genus, Houseplant, Kubitzki system, Linnean Society of New South Wales, Lomandra filiformis, Meristem, NASA Clean Air Study, Native plant, Nolinoideae, PhytoKeys, Pleomele (genus), Rainforest, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Sansevieria, Shrub, Species, Succulent plant, ..., Synonym (taxonomy), Tree, Xanthorrhoea. Expand index (3 more) »

Agavoideae

Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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APG IV system

The APG IV system of flowering plant classification is the fourth version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy for flowering plants (angiosperms) being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG).

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Asparagaceae

Asparagaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.

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Asparagales

Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web.

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Asparagus asparagoides

Asparagus asparagoides, commonly known as bridal creeper, bridal-veil creeper, gnarboola, smilax or smilax asparagus, is a herbaceous climbing plant of the family Asparagaceae native to eastern and southern Africa.

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Bamboo

The bamboos are evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society is a scientific journal publishing original papers relating to the taxonomy of all plant groups and fungi, including anatomy, biosystematics, cytology, ecology, ethnobotany, electron microscopy, morphogenesis, palaeobotany, palynology and phytochemistry.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Cordyline

Cordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.

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Cordyline australis

Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, cabbage-palm or tī kōuka, is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand.

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Cordyline fruticosa

Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, known by a wide variety of common names, including cabbage palm, good luck plant, palm lily, ti plant, Kī, Lā‘ī (Hawaiian), Tī Pore (Māori), Sī (Tongan), Lauti (Samoan), and Autī (Tahitian).

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Cordyline indivisa

Cordyline indivisa is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, where it is called mountain cabbage tree or bush flax.

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Cordyline obtecta

Cordyline obtecta (Ti, Norfolk Island cabbage tree, Three Kings cabbage tree) is a widely branching monocot tree native to Norfolk Island (the type locality), and to northern New Zealand.

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Cordyline stricta

Cordyline stricta, known as the Slender Palm Lily, or Narrow-leaved Palm Lily (not to be confused with C. congesta, which is also known by this common name) is an evergreen Australian plant.

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Daemonorops

Daemonorops is a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Asia with a few species extending into southern China and the Himalayas.

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Desert

A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

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Dicotyledon

The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or more rarely dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants or angiosperms were formerly divided.

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Domenico Vandelli

Domenico Agostino Vandelli (Padua, 8 July 1735 – Lisbon, 27 June 1816) was an Italian naturalist, who did most of his scientific work in Portugal.

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Dracaena aletriformis

Dracaena aletriformis is commonly known as the Large-leaved Dragon Tree.

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Dracaena aurea

Dracaena aurea, the golden hala pepe, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Kauaokinai in Hawaii.

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Dracaena cinnabari

Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea.

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Dracaena draco

Not to be confused with the related Dracaena cinnabari, the dragon blood tree native to Socotra (an island in the Arabian Sea, part of Yemen). Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, and locally in western Morocco, and introduced to the Azores.

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Dracaena fragrans

Dracaena fragrans (cornstalk dracaena) is a flowering plant species that is native throughout tropical Africa, from Sudan south to Mozambique, west to Côte d'Ivoire and southwest to Angola, growing in upland regions at altitude.

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Dracaena kaweesakii

Dracaena kaweesakii (Kaweesak's dragon tree; Thai: Chan nuu or Chan pha krai) is a species of dragon tree.

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Dracaena mannii

Dracaena mannii Baker or small-leaved dragon tree, is a small to medium-sized tree, though recorded up to 30 m tall with stem to 2 m in diameter in Cameroon and Gabon.

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Dracaena reflexa

Dracaena reflexa (commonly called song of India) is a tree native to Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, and other nearby islands of the Indian Ocean.

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Dracaena sanderiana

Dracaena sanderiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, also known as Dracaena braunii.

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Dracaena serrulata

Dracaena serrulata also called the Arabian or Yemen Dragon Tree is a distinctive tree reaching around 5m tall with a single trunk.

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Dracaena umbraculifera

Dracaena umbraculifera is a tree species thought to originate from the island nation of Mauritius.

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Dragon's blood

Dragon's blood is a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, Calamus rotang and Pterocarpus.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Friedrich Kasimir Medikus

Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (or Friedrich Casimir Medicus; 6 January 1738 – 8 July 1808) was a German physician and botanist.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Houseplant

A houseplant is a plant that is grown indoors in places such as residences and offices.

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Kubitzki system

The Kubitzki system is a system of plant taxonomy devised by Klaus Kubitzki, and is the product of an ongoing survey of vascular plants, entitled The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, and extending to 13 volumes in 2015.

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Linnean Society of New South Wales

The Linnean Society of New South Wales promotes the Cultivation and Study of the Science of Natural History in all its Branches and was founded in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) in 1874 and incorporated in 1884.

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Lomandra filiformis

Lomandra filiformis, commonly known as wattle mat-rush, is a tussock forming perennial herb that is native to Australia.

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Meristem

A meristem is the tissue in most plants containing undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells), found in zones of the plant where growth can take place.

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NASA Clean Air Study

The NASA Clean Air Study was led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in association with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA).

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Native plant

Native plants are plants indigenous to a given area in geologic time.

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Nolinoideae

Nolinoideae is a monocot subfamily of the family Asparagaceae in the APG III system of 2009.

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PhytoKeys

PhytoKeys is a peer-reviewed, open-access online and print botanical journal.

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Pleomele (genus)

Pleomele is a genus of flowering plants, sometimes placed in the genus Dracaena.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between, and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name Kew) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Sansevieria

Sansevieria is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, native to Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Succulent plant

In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants that have some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name,''ICN'', "Glossary", entry for "synonym" although the term is used somewhat differently in the zoological code of nomenclature.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Xanthorrhoea

Xanthorrhoea is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants endemic to Australia, and is a member of the family Asphodelaceae, being the only member of the subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae.

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Dragon Tree, Dragon plant, Dragon tree, Dragontree.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_(plant)

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